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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Banecroft Blue

Banecroft Blue, filked by Diamond

Original tune “Grey and Blue”


Performed for the Realms Nations Fair, but made incomplete then by lack of something called “bandwidth”. While one performer does not a band make, I tried to distill what was most essential essence of Banecroft for this musical presentation. 



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Em                   G
There were some men of Banecroft       

D            Em
Through the realms they strode
Em              G
Defending the defenseless
        D               Em
It's to them I sing this ode
         Am          G
This nation of Justice
   D                 Em
would face every foe
C
Safety for our families
     D              Em
It's this to them we owe


         Em
Banecroft blue
         G
Banecroft blue
    C        G
The men and women of Banecroft
D                 Em
Wore the Banecroft blue


Em G
They fought the vilest villains

D Em
questing every year       

Em G D Em
ranging the Realms over from there to here
Am G D Em
But what made them different was the mercy that they brought

C D Em
They shouldn’t be defined by the evils that they fought.

Em
Banecroft blue
         G
Banecroft blue
    C        G
The men and women of Banecroft
D                 Em
Wore the Banecroft blue 

Em G
But beneath their tabards were just some men

D Em
Same as you and me       

Em     G
An honorable path trod together, 

D Em
A shared identity
Am G

But why endure this shared crusade

D Em
Fight-the-fight that just won’t end

C     D
If asked the Baron would tell you

Em
“The means are not the end.

Am       G D Em

”We owe a duty to the common folk of our land

C D   Em

So we can’t allow these dangers to stand.”

Em
Banecroft blue
         G
Banecroft blue
    C        G
The men and women of Banecroft
D                 Em
Wore the Banecroft blue    

C        G
The men and women of Banecroft
D                 E
Wore the Banecroft blue