{"id":289,"date":"2011-11-07T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacredtriskele.net\/?p=289"},"modified":"2011-11-04T09:48:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T15:48:41","slug":"review-bards-book-of-pagan-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacredtriskele.net\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Review: Bard’s Book of Pagan Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> A Bard’s Book of Pagan Songs – Stories & Music from the Celtic World<\/a>
\nAuthor:<\/strong> Hugin the Bard
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Llewellyn Publications
\nPages:<\/strong> 259 + CD
\nISBN-10:<\/strong> 1-56718-658-0
\nRelease:<\/strong> Third Printing, 2000
\nCurrently out of print?<\/em> <\/p>\n

What a refreshing, amusing and wonderful book! <\/p>\n

Yes, this one I love. In fact, I’ve played the accompanying CD so much I know all of the words, and my daughter is still convinced he wrote the songs for her (her name is Rhiannon after all…). <\/p>\n

The first thing a customer will notice when they open the pages of this book, is that it looks handwritten. This is not type face font! This is something that looks like it took a long time of careful, painstaking printing.<\/p>\n

Lyrics, stories and music – definitely the work of a skilled bard. Hugin has a way of weaving the story with so much more skill than most story tellers, and his music is easy to learn, and the editor’s are right – you’ll be playing along in no time, even if you aren’t musically inclined.<\/p>\n

I will quote my youngest daughter\u2019s favorite song, set to the tune of “Farmer in the Dell” – <\/p>\n

The Cauldron and the Goat<\/p>\n

“The cauldron and the goat
\nThe castle and the moat
\nFooled by Blodeuwedd
\nWearin\u2019 no coat.<\/p>\n

You know she had your ear
\nThe spear took a year
\nMade on the Full Moon
\nDon’t you feel queer?<\/p>\n

He waited for your bath
\nAnd hid up the path
\nThe only time the magick failed
\nDo you feel wrath?<\/p>\n

He got you in sight
\nAnd slew you so bright
\nAnd you were no more a man
\nAn eagle took flight.<\/p>\n

\u2018Til Daddy came along
\nAnd sang you a song
\nAnd now that story told
\nEnd of this song.”<\/p>\n

Even now, while typing this, I am grinning from ear to ear. I can hear the music from the CD and the way the song is presented therein… you really must get this if you don’t already have it!<\/p>\n

5 of 5 Broomsticks
\n—
\nJodi Lee, aka ierne Morrighan Corvidae, is a 20+ year veteran of pagan paths. A full-time freelance editor, she is the owner\/publisher of Belfire Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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