Is a blight with no place in our court?” “Have you heard how he whispers that Saracen blood Mordred hinted this place knew its share of adultery, “Brangwin told me, Gawain, that he laid hands upon her, I responded, “What mean you? He is our half-brother. Some months back, Gareth said, “Keep your eye upon Mordred: Our fellowship, how could it fall? Mordred If we stand in pride, and we hold the door open, What could we dream, if we dreamed it for all? What might we hold, if we hold the door open? Oh, we Orkneys, we kept this conspiracy fast, Thus, at Pentecost next, our young knight won acclaim, įor a place at the Table Round bore Gareth’s name. “O Gawain, hear me please, that is my name no longer,īut it’s knighthood that calls me: if you keep my secret, I could swear you were Gwyneth, my sweet darling sister. You discovered his virtues, and you gave him knighthood, Ī few days before Yule, I approached him in privateĪnd said, “There’s a kinship I sense: You recall, Gareth first came to Camelot nameless, Our kingdom might truly be whole.” Gareth If we stand in truth, and we hold the door open, When he held Brangwin close on the day they were wed, I said, “Good Palamedes, a fool have I been!įor your chivalry’s not in your faith or your skin.” She accepts me in fullness and gave me her word “Many say that I’m pining for Princess Isolde,īut it’s Brangwin who’s captured my heart He said, “One of my color outshining these knights? “Have you been holding back from your best?” “Palamedes,” I asked him when we were alone, So I left her and sought after Sir Palamedes, īut no matter his valor, each tournament day Our kingdom might shine like the stars.” Palamedes If we stand in trust, and we hold the door open,
What could we choose, with a choice freely ours? “What might we hold, if we hold the door open? “Sir Gawain, women all, be we servants or wives, “Lady Brangwin, forgive me, I’d given no thought-” “Will you keep Gareth’s promise that I won’t be caught?” “A cold night in the woods might bring me to my senses, I refused to do wrong to a lady’s consent. “I would pour her a drink that would change Isolde’s passion, So her mother contrived to ensure this alliance, The might of our Table won’t break.” Brangwinīrangwin said, “My Isolde is in love with a young man, If we stand in need, and we hold the door open, You will learn that as knights we owe more…
ĭear Gawain, eldest brother I prize and adore, In the margins it shows if we thrive or we fail. “Are we chivalry’s legends? Read closely the tale, “Please, Gawain, keep her safe from all eyes, I implore you.”įor what business should knights keep young women in hiding-” It was Brangwin, the handmaid of Princess Isolde He inquired once, “Gawain, will you do me a service? Of the youngest and best of the four brothers Orkney, Will you harken a while, for I must speak of Gareth: © 2020 words & music by Eric Schrager Opening
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