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Boudicca

from Foxfire by Emily Holbert

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The great "Queen" of the Celtic tribe the Icenii resisted the Roman occupation of Britain and banded many other Celtic tribes to her cause. "Boudicca" was not her name, it was an appellation, a title, and a prayer or hope they gave to her: The Bringer of Victory.

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First you came ‘cross the seas in the name of your Caesar
Bringing wine, bringing oil, bringing gold and bringing trade
Brought first by tradesmen, then statesmen, and lastly by the legions
Who bring deceit and subjugation to all those who’d not been swayed

What was given as a gift you have claimed as a tribute
Those who lead the tribes as chiefs you now mere ‘client kings’
In the hills and the fields and the homes of my people
All you see is land for Empire and the riches Britain brings

[For] I’ve a sword in my hand and her name is called Justice
I’ve a shield on my arm and by Honour it is known
And the name I now bear is The Bringer of Victory
For Boudicca leads her people from the chariot of War

You denied my right to rule with a false will for my husband
My own daughters you’ve despoiled and my warriors you’ve killed
But though you’ve burnt all my crops and have beaten my body
Know for all of this injustice shall the blood of Rome be spilled

In the name of the Peace of your Senate and People
You have plundered British lands and have murdered all my kin
But we say to you now that the tribes shall live freely
- We reject your Pax Romana and by battle we shall win!

Here I stand at the gates of the city you hide in
Here I wait with the tribes that band behind the Icenii
Here I swear by the names of the gods of my people
That though Rome may rule Britannia still you never shall rule me!

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from Foxfire, released June 18, 2016

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Emily Holbert Kitchener, Ontario

Emily Holbert, known as “Emer nic Aidan” in the SCA, is a Celtic-inspired singer/songwriter based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Her “bardic-folk” songs tell tales of love and valour, whether recounting and reinventing Celtic mythologies and faerie tales, or recording ‘historical’ deeds within the SCA's Kingdom of Ealdormere.
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