Stand Brother Stand
©Eleanor Fairchild (Truly Carmichael)
Downloads:
Play the MP3 (3.5 MG)
Play a smaller MP3 that's only a MIDI melody (358k)
Link to The Voices of the Star I songbook (which has the words and music) (PDF)
Chorus:
Stand brother stand and defend our mother land.
Through the blazing sun of summer, through the mud & rain & sand.
And line after line we'll await our king's command.
For the pride of Ansteorra we will stand.
1) The Land of the lion is the land I call my home,
where the star on our standard shines for honor truth and right.
And the sons of the south-land have no fear of any foe.
For the pride of Ansteorra we will stand...(Chorus)
2) The foe are not few and I know them to be strong
And alone, I am one, and I cannot stem the tide.
But I am not alone in the shield wall or the throng
For the pride of Ansteorra we will stand...(Chorus)
3) Woe be to they who the lion's land betray
And woe be to all who take arms against our king
And down with the foemen, who would slay my chosen kin
For the pride of Ansteorra we will stand...(Chorus)
4) Oh join with your kin --for the wars will come again
And every sword and spear adds a link into the chain
Add your arm to the army and the star shall rise again,
For the pride of Ansteorra we will stand...(Chorus)
5) Stand for the weak and the weary and the lame
And stand for the right of the ruler and the realm
And stand at my shoulder and make ready for the fray
And if I should fall, then steady you must stand... (Chorus x2)
Mistress Eleanor Fairchild has kindly allowed her song, "Stand Brother Stand," written for Ansteorra to be posted here.
The song is from her CD Swansong. Although the CD is sold out currently, it will soon be available via iTunes and CDBaby.