The Charric Van der Vliet Songbooks
(C) 2001 by C. A. Powers - All Rights Reserved

These songs are not meant to be understood, you understand. They are only
meant to terrify and to comfort.
-John Berryman, "His Dream, His Toy, His Rest"
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Book One-"How to Get Challenged in One Easy Lesson"
1. Hang Up Your Armor, Eric 2. The Two Scotts 3. Babes in Arms 4. Armoring Song
5. Killing Ditty 6. The Ten Commandments of Combat 7. An Object of Veneration
8. Re-Quest 9. Reverie in Mundania 10. Where's My Page? 11. Borealis 12. Baron
Cein is Coming to Town 13. Knight in the
Book Two- "You Really Didn't Think I Was Going To Leave It at
That!!!"
20. Baron McBroom 21. The Fighter 22. Good Morrow, Scadians! 23. Arimanthra's
Song 24. Tuchuk Apology 25. Ragnar, The Redneck Viking 26. The Non-Combatant's
Song 27. The Coward's Song 28. Oh, Scadians 29. Was Born About A Thousand Years
Ago 30. This Dragon's Been To Tourney 31. To my Beloved Enemy 32. Drill, ye
Chivalry, Drill 33. I'm Going to Be Demolished Today 34. Pick A Fight In Armor
35. Boaring At The Gate 36. Warrior's Gate Memorial
Book Three- "Two's Company, But Three's A Trilogy"
37. A Lady's Smile 38. Moonlight Fire 39. The Squire 40. Hey, Trude 41. If
Heaven Ain't Like the Known World 42. Creation 43. Gold Key 44. Chopsticks
(Tune II) 45. The Morning After Has Broken 46. Ride The Night 47. The Filker's
Song 48. Leather and Wood 49. Picts for
Book Four- "This is Getting Ridiculous"
57. Sexpot Sally And Boffer Bill 58. Hark! The Heralds Bravely Scream 59.
Seneschals We've Heard On High 60. O Little Nihonyama 61. Master Sir Valeron
Drones On 62. Oh, No, Duke Paul! 63. Chiurgeon Blues 64. The First Time Ever I
Saw Your Mace 65. Get In Front Of Me 66. Everything's Medieval 67. Here Comes
The Hun 68. Everyone's Fighting 69. I'm Charric Van der Vliet, I Am 70.
Everybody's Tryin' Ta Hit Me 71. Those Were The Days, Back Then 72. BOD Save The
Queen 73. Armor Is A Guy's Best Friend 74. Vlad Cubed And The Oil Pot 75.
Kingdom Throne
Book Five- "I Can't Help Myself! It's An Addiction!"
76. The BOD It Lies Over The Ocean 77. Perfection 78. Rattan, The Beautiful 79.
The Impossible Filk 80. Go Bash 'Em In The Helmet 81. He's A Stick Jock From
Our Land 82. Away At A Tourney 83. O, Noble Knight 84. Pauldrons On My
Shoulders 85. The Fighter Who Never Returned 86. Medieval Minuet 87. The
Marvelous SCA 88. Join The SCA 89. My Medieval Lady 90. It's Time To Hit The
Road Dear! 91. A Peasant's Plaint-(As Long As He Needs Mead) 92. Long Way To
Pennsic 93. Let Helmets Ring 94. When You Use A Morning Star 95. Revelry
Tonight 96. Beat 'Em Down, My Squire
Book Six- "I Can Quit Any Time I Want To!"
97. Helmet And Gorget 98. Barbarian Boast 99. This Old Man (SCA Version) 100.
The BOD Song 101. Deleted 102.
Book Seven - "The Caid Years"
105. Duke Gregory's Reward 106. Balthazar's Revenge 107. Guy of Castle Kirk
108. Armand Is In The Van 109. Brandy's Song 110. A Comfortable Love 111.
Marguerita-Mobile 112. Deleted 113. Deleted 114. Toast 115. Mishwa 116.
Glorious Love 117. Caid Battle Song 118. Keith of Longshore 119. Test of Honor
120. Count Patrick 121. Among the Trees so Green-O 122. A Pelican 123.
Gottfried of Nuremburg 124. Atar 125. For A Lady 126. A Curse Of Time 127. Duke
Steingrim's Lament 128. Through The Bulrushes 129. Yuroslav 130. Caid Ballad
131. Ivan The Illustrated 132. Maggie's Waitin' 133. Giles of Sweetwater
Volume Eight – Ain't That Great?
The Porta-Potty Song/Tarquin’s Memory/Pennsic Crunchy Frog/The Dernhelm Calypso/Barnsdale Fair/Unicorn Hunter/William of Fairhaven/Morgath/Gypsy Ranger/Darkmoon Don't Dance/Silly Song/Sergeant Taylor/The Way He Looks At Her/Watch Out For Camels!!!