Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
Other by Benedict Flynn & Jasper Britton
Released January 2008
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Chapter 1: When siege and assault had ceased…Jasper Britton
- 2This fair Britain, founded by that famous knight…Jasper Britton0:52
- 3The king lay at Camelot one Christmas tide…Jasper Britton1:08
- 4With New Year not yet a day old…Jasper Britton1:16
- 5Now, Arthur would not eat until all were served…Jasper Britton0:58
- 6So he stands, the stern young king…Jasper Britton1:06
- 7I’ll say nothing more about the meal…Jasper Britton1:12
- 8Green, were both the garments and the grinning man…Jasper Britton1:31
- 9Garbed in green was the gallant rider…Jasper Britton1:27
- 10And yet he had no helm or hauberk either…Jasper Britton1:38
- 11Stunned, the court stared…Jasper Britton1:00
- 12From the dais Arthur watched…Jasper Britton1:34
- 13‘Fight? Have no worry.’Jasper Britton1:28
- 14If he astonished them first…Jasper Britton1:21
- 15‘By heaven,’ said Arthur…Jasper Britton0:53
- 16‘Grant me grace,’ said Gawain…Jasper Britton1:06
- 17The king commanded the courtly knight to stand.Jasper Britton1:12
- 18‘By God,’ said the Green Knight…Jasper Britton1:24
- 19The Green Knight stood…Jasper Britton1:30
- 20For he held the head up high in both his hands…Jasper Britton1:29
- 21And yet high-born Arthur was heavy at heart…Jasper Britton1:25
- 22Chapter 2: Arthur was granted his gift of adventure…Jasper Britton1:29
- 23So comes the summer season…Jasper Britton1:10
- 24Yet he lingers till All Hallows…Jasper Britton1:26
- 25He dwelt there that day…Jasper Britton1:09
- 26Hasped in his armour…Jasper Britton1:26
- 27Last they showed him his bright shield…Jasper Britton1:12
- 28First he was found faultless…Jasper Britton1:35
- 29He struck his steed with his spurs…Jasper Britton1:07
- 30Gallant Sir Gawain then in God’s name rode out…Jasper Britton1:04
- 31Forsaken he rode far distant from his friends…Jasper Britton1:28
- 32More merry in the morning…Jasper Britton1:13
- 33Scarcely three times had he signed the holy cross…Jasper Britton1:10
- 34So he stayed his steed…Jasper Britton1:05
- 35‘Sir,’ said Gawain…Jasper Britton1:31
- 36Gawain gazed at the good man…Jasper Britton1:38
- 37A chair by the chimney hearth…Jasper Britton1:14
- 38Then enquiries came, but questions carefully put…Jasper Britton1:21
- 39The Knight, done with his dining…Jasper Britton2:23
- 40When Gawain gazed upon that gracious lady…Jasper Britton1:15
- 41On that morning when men remember the birth of our dear lord…Jasper Britton1:16
- 42That day they made much merriment…Jasper Britton1:19
- 43With courteous questions he asked Gawain…Jasper Britton1:44
- 44Gladness filled Gawain then…Jasper Britton1:20
- 45‘Oh, one thing more’ the master said…Jasper Britton1:21
- CD 2
- 1Chapter 3: Long before first light…Jasper Britton1:24
- 2At the burst of the baying the forest trembled.Jasper Britton1:29
- 3While the lord sought sport among the forest leaves…Jasper Britton1:48
- 4‘Good morning, good knight,’ she murmured to Gawain…Jasper Britton1:51
- 5‘Good Lord!’ said Gawain…Jasper Britton1:10
- 6‘Madam,’ said that debonair man…Jasper Britton1:26
- 7She bids him good day…Jasper Britton1:29
- 8Still at his sport, the lord spurred his steed…Jasper Britton1:47
- 9The head, too, and the neck…Jasper Britton0:57
- 10The lord commands his men to meet…Jasper Britton1:29
- 11Afterwards in a chamber, by the chimney…Jasper Britton0:52
- 12Scenting quarry by a marshy covert…Jasper Britton1:34
- 13Pressing close to shoot hunters…Jasper Britton1:09
- 14Coming to the curtain, she coyly peeped in…Jasper Britton1:52
- 15I would learn from you, my lord,’…Jasper Britton1:32
- 16‘Good faith,’ said Gawain then…Jasper Britton1:16
- 17Roused from rest, he rose…Jasper Britton1:07
- 18At last came the lord…Jasper Britton0:56
- 19Then in triumph many bugles blew the prise…Jasper Britton1:07
- 20Merry, the lord with loud voice and laughter…Jasper Britton1:12
- 21They laid out tables on top of trestles then…Jasper Britton1:00
- 22They drank more amid laughter…Jasper Britton1:08
- 23After Mass, he and his men down a morsel…Jasper Britton1:21
- 24To hear the hounds’ voice was truly heart’s delight…Jasper Britton1:36
- 25Out of the deepest darkness of drowsy dreams…Jasper Britton1:06
- 26For that precious princess…Jasper Britton1:18
- 27‘Such words,’ said the woman…Jasper Britton1:19
- 28She offered him a rich ring…Jasper Britton1:30
- 29‘Do you refuse this silk now,’…Jasper Britton1:12
- 30With a word of farewell she went on her way…Jasper Britton1:05
- 31So let him linger there in the lea of their love…Jasper Britton1:24
- 32With night setting in…Jasper Britton1:25
- 33With mirth and minstrelsy…Jasper Britton1:15
- 34Courteous he kissed them…Jasper Britton1:11
- 35Chapter 4: So New Year draws near…Jasper Britton1:25
- 36He fastened on the finest pieces himself…Jasper Britton1:04
- 37Then Gringolet was groomed for him…Jasper Britton1:05
- 38The drawbridge was lowered…Jasper Britton1:08
- 39I have brought you this far…Jasper Britton1:23
- 40‘Good Sir Gawain, let that grim man well alone…’Jasper Britton1:15
- 41‘Mary!’ said the servant…Jasper Britton1:02
- 42He put spurs to Gringolet…Jasper Britton1:23
- 43‘By God, what a desolate spot,’…Jasper Britton1:15
- 44Gawain called out then, loud and clear…Jasper Britton1:28
- 45‘Gawain,’ said the Green Knight then…Jasper Britton1:13
- 46The gallant in green prepared himself…Jasper Britton1:27
- 47‘So have at it, by your faith…’Jasper Britton1:22
- 48Up, up swiftly went the axe…Jasper Britton1:10
- 49The knight stood back and rested on his axe…Jasper Britton1:32
- 50‘For that braided belt you wear…’Jasper Britton1:41
- 51But the other lord laughed and then said lightly…Jasper Britton0:53
- 52‘Truly, no,’ Gawain said…Jasper Britton1:03
- 53‘But the belt,’ said Gawain…Jasper Britton1:27
- 54‘In this green guise she sent me…’Jasper Britton1:23
- 55Our worthy knight went by wild ways…Jasper Britton1:17
- 56‘Behold, sir,’ he said…Jasper Britton1:47
More by Benedict Flynn, Jasper Britton
Issues
- SJanuary 2008