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Gunslinger
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0 posted 2009-07-11 08:54 PM



'Tis dark wi' gloom me life's become-
Long wend the weary miles...
And long it's been, since I 'ad friends...
Or seen a maiden smile.

An' 'eavy, aye, the weight o' years,
'ave caused me frame to bow.
I once stood strong, an' resolute...
Faith! Ye shou' see me now!

The scars wha' lace me 'ere an' there,
'ave come fra many blade-
'Tis wha a mon cooms to expect,
When fightin' be 'is trade.

Me eyes now long for 'ighland 'eath,
I feign wou' see me kin-
Buchanan is the clan I claim,
We be bold, fightin' men!

I'm merely tired, an' feign wou' rest-
An' tip a cup o' ale...
Then off I'd be to wield me blade-
An spin me Traveler's Tale.

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1 posted 2009-07-12 01:56 AM


Thank you so much for The Traveler's Tales.  They have wrapped me up and keep me waiting for the next and the next and the next and the ... well, you know the drill.

Alison

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2 posted 2009-07-12 03:24 AM


Waiting for the next Traveler's Tale myself.
facinating.
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3 posted 2009-07-12 01:43 PM


I haven't commented on every tale, but you can be assured I am reading them.   They are just great.  Do you take requests?

I always heard my grandfather talk about the cook - that cook seemed (to him) to be the most important part of camp.   We heard until the day he died, that the cook could take an old sock and make a feast from it.

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