The lyric video of "The King's Ballad" is on: https://soundcloud.com/codaes-music/the-kings-ballad
The lyrics of all the songs on my album "Divan" were inspired by ancient historical documents. This one, "The King's Ballad", is my modern take on the Tudor Era ballad, “Pastime with Good Company” (a.k.a. “The Kynges Balade”), which was written by King Henry VIII of England in about 1513. His lyrics express his royal directive about how to enjoy life, Tudor style. It is performed by Ben Alexander. The bass instrumentalist and sound engineer is Luke Garfield. I used most of the original lyrics written by King Henry VIII, translated them into modern English, added some words by William Shakespeare to expand the length, converted the verses into lyrics, and set them to a new composition. These adaptations led to the final arrangement having an unusual dance beat with a hemiola. Lyrics and more on www.codaes-music.com

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