This is a piece of history from an AD&D campaign of which I only ever ran a few sessions. The party remained resolutely on the wrong side of a mountain range to ever meet the remnants of the Cwmraig empire, but the song happened anyway.
Em D Em
There is a city in the forest,
Em D Em D
The forest at the Heart of the World,
C D Em
Which was the jewel of an empire
Em D G B7
That marched away to war with flags unfurled.
Am D
That empire long has gone,
G Em
We remember them in song,
Am B7
But the echoes linger on
Em
Of Cwmryn Mawr.
We were the kinsmen of that empire,
They built their jewel-city with our love.
We sang to them within their buildings
Our glory in the lofty trees above.
Until that fateful day
That the empire marched away,
Leaving us to sing the lay
Of Cwmryn Mawr.
C D G Am Em
For years the armies battled on and with bright blood the ground was stained.
C D G Am B7
So when the emperor fell Morwenog of his kin alone remained.
Am D G Em
We named him mad for he spread discord with his power,
Am B7
He feared us in that hour.
Before the eyes of all assembled
He struck the sacred King Tree in his spite;
Our hearts were filled with rage and anger
That blinded with a burning golden light.
And when that light had waned,
With our rage at last restrained,
Not a single man remained
Of Cwmryn Mawr.
Thus by our hand the city toppled,
As we in shame and sorrow sing each day.
We vowed this nevermore should happen,
That neither friend nor forest we'd betray.
Thus man we see no more
By the sacred oath we swore,
For it is the only law
Of Cwmryn Mawr.
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