{"id":679,"date":"2017-09-12T10:34:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T14:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/?p=679"},"modified":"2017-09-21T10:44:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T14:44:17","slug":"hafla-at-house-barra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2017\/09\/hafla-at-house-barra\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafla at House Barra – Filk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sapor<\/a><\/p>\n

A #fiveminutefilk to the tune of Hotel California<\/p>\n

On a torch lit roadway, cool wind in our hair
\nWarm smell of the hookah, rising up through the air
\nUp ahead in the distance, I saw a gate in the night
\nNeeded a drink and heard the music’s din and
\nI had to stop for the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

There they played by the doorway;
\nI heard the riqs and zills
\nAnd I was thinking to myself
\n‘This could be\u00a0\u2018Barra’ or ‘Notting Hill”
\nThen they stood by the wayside and they showed me the way
\nThere were voices from the great hall behind,
\nI thought I heard them say<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Hafla at House Barra
\nSuch a lovely place (such a lovely place)
\nSuch a lovely place.
\nPlenty of room at the Hafla at House Barra
\nIf its Friday dear (if its Friday dear) you can find it here<\/span><\/p>\n

Their minds are musically-twisted, the dancers whirl and bend
\nSome are also pretty boys, and we’re all friends
\nHow they dance in the common space, by the crimson sunset
\nSome dance to Lamma Badda, others\u00a0to\u00a0Bir Demet<\/span><\/p>\n

So I called out\u00a0to Cameron,
\n‘Please bring me my wine’
\nHe said, ‘we haven’t had that spirit here since fourteen sixty-nine’
\nIn the night the sound of drumming goes\u00a0far away,
\nAs they play through\u00a0the middle of the night
\nas the dancers sway
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Hafla at House Barra
\nSuch a lovely place (such a lovely place)
\nWas that a Camel Race?!
\nThey livin’ it up at the Hafla at House Barra
\nBring a drink to share (bring a drink to share), and perhaps a chair<\/span><\/p>\n

Kegs built in the wallspace,
\nThat mead sure sounds nice
\nAnd they said, ‘we are all just prisoners here, each here for our vice’
\nAnd in the Great Hall tables,
\nFrom the fruit of the yeast
\nThey drink it up with their steely cups,
\nBut they just can’t finish the beast<\/span><\/p>\n

Last thing I remember, I was
\nSitting on the floor
\nSomehow I thought that I could drum but I just cant play 4\/4
\n‘Relax’ said friend Cameron,
\n\u2018with your camel as your steed.
\nyou can race him any time you like,
\na Camel Cup you might receive!’<\/span><\/p>\n

Written for an event at War of the Wings<\/a> 2017<\/p>\n

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A #fiveminutefilk to the tune of Hotel California On a torch lit roadway, cool wind in our hair Warm smell of the hookah, rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a gate in the night Needed a drink and heard the music’s din and I had to stop for the … Continue reading Hafla at House Barra – Filk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[69],"tags":[156,155,157],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6dEBX-aX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1019,"url":"http:\/\/periodpersonas.com\/village\/2014\/07\/do-you-want-to-build-a-device-fiveminutefilk\/","url_meta":{"origin":679,"position":0},"title":"Do You Want to Build a Device – FiveMinuteFilk","date":"July 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently someone threw out a challenge to filk this song and include heraldry as the topic. 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