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My father wants the farmer’s boy to claim my marriage hand
He who has a herd of cattle and a small house on his land
And it’s not a life of farming that I just couldn’t stand
But I await my soldier-boy
My fine soldier-boy
I await my soldier-boy who’s coming home to marry me

My mother she would have me wed a merchant in the town
He’d dress me fine and buy me wine, then travel all around
But I am sure I would forsake each bottle and each gown
To await my soldier-boy
My fine soldier-boy
I await my soldier-boy who’s coming home to marry me

My sister dreams I’ll marry to a charming minstrel-lad
Who sings for kings in banquet-halls to make the nobles glad
But I think a life of wandering would only make me sad
So I await my soldier-boy
My fine soldier-boy
I await my soldier-boy who’s coming home to marry me

My brother bids me wait: soldiering’s a noble thing
He is fighting for the farmers’ land and singing with the King
Although he won’t return with silks or gems he’s coming with a ring
And so he’s joined my soldier-boy
My fine soldier-boy
My brother’s joined my soldier-boy so he may keep him safe for me

Now I await two soldier-boys:
My fine brother bold
And my handsome soldier-boy who’s coming home to marry me

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from Waves On The Shore, released August 1, 2009

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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.
Let her take you back to a time when bards sang around the fire!
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