I'll take that as a 'yes". Here are some YouTube links: "Faerie Queen" music & lyrics by Heather Alexander (from Wanderlust) Sometimes referred to humorously as "The Devil Went Down to Limerick". Note that the artist is now known as Alexander James Adams, but work published and performed prior to the change of persona continues to circulate as by Heather Alexander. "The Duke's Eldest Daughter" music by Leslie Fish, lyrics by Mercedes Lackey from Freedom, Flight & Fantasy (Firebird Arts & Music) This performance is by Heather Alexander. An extremely different arrangement exists on a prior release, but that album is long out of print and very, very rare now. "Queen of Air and Darkness" lyrics by Poul Anderson (Westerfilk Collection Vol. II) [and see the Origins: Sir Olaf thread here on Mudcat) performed by Clarsa McElhaney (Storyteller) I may have a much earlier recording of this on cassette(!); this work (based on earlier folk traditions) has been around for many years and was a fixture in SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) song circles even before the filk community got hold of it. Unfortunately, the box in which my copy of the relevant songbook resides is presently inaccessible, and online sources differ as to the tune's composer.
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