A Toast! on 05/12/2003 06:59 PM CDT
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As a few of you know, I've been working on a toasting song of late. For those that aren't sure what that is, it's one of the older bardic tradition. It's a song that can last for a really long time as everyone joins the chorus, and anyone can toss in a verse of their own.

Right now, I have a chorus, and have been working on having some ready toasts for other bards, hosts, politics, and some other things. Usually, many of the verses would be impromptu, but I'm sure there were plenty with some canned lines.

Which is where everyone else comes in. I would like to encourage anyone interested to have a verse or five for whenever the song (or another song like it) is started, so we can do it up right.

Verse are generally 4 lines, I'm not going to be too particular on rhyme scheme, and start with "A toast" or some variation of the theme.

For example, one political toast might be,

"A toast, a toast, for Zoluren's bonny prince!
To Vorclaf's health I yell,
But before you wince
May it go down as fast as the ale!"

-Dewsong

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