It was also under that persona that I wrote the song "The Shire of the Forgotten Sea". I imagined myself as a bard wandering far from his beloved homeland and yearning for his eventual return there. Although conceived as a very personal statement, the song became something of an anthem in the early days of the Shire's (now Barony's) history. In the interests of SCA historians and lore-masters, I present it here:
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