{"id":33,"date":"2024-06-08T16:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T15:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2024-06-08T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T15:24:14","slug":"a-great-folk-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/08\/a-great-folk-song\/","title":{"rendered":"A Great Folk Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A Great Folk Song<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In one of the early chapters of the book I&#8217;m continuing to write, I had described two maidens and three knights around a table. Upon rereading the chapter, I decided it could make a great folk song and hastily wrote a few lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bustling tavern sat,<br><em>Two maidens fair, where they had chat,<\/em><br><em>Three knights came riding, cloaks of night,<\/em><br><em>Eyes alight, hearts light, seeking delight!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ho! To the dance, swing and twirl,<\/em><br><em>For every lad and every girl,<\/em><br><em>With a laugh and a jest, they all confess,<\/em><br><em>In the night, who courts, who dares!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>First knight bold, with a rose in hand,<\/em><br><em>Offered it with a gesture grand,<\/em><br><em>The second with a song did charm,<\/em><br><em>The third stood silent, arm in arm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ho! To the dance, swing and twirl,<\/em><br><em>For every lad and every girl,<\/em><br><em>With a laugh and a jest, they all confess,<\/em><br><em>In the night, who loves, who jests!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Maidens laughed, their cheeks aglow,<\/em><br><em>Choosing which knight would suit them so,<\/em><br><em>But as the night grew old and deep,<\/em><br><em>Found all three knights fit to keep!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ho! To the dance, swing and twirl,<\/em><br><em>For every lad and every girl,<\/em><br><em>With a cheer and a song, all night long,<\/em><br><em>In the heart, where love belongs!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Two-Maidens-and-Three-Knights.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Great Folk Song In one of the early chapters of the book I&#8217;m continuing to write, I had described two maidens and three knights around a table. Upon rereading the chapter, I decided it could make a great folk song and hastily wrote a few lyrics. In a bustling tavern sat,Two maidens fair, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,13],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.forsakensaga.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}