GOM ON WINDY MOUNTAIN

Book I of Tales of Gom in The Legends of Ulm
 

right: frontispiece.  

lower left: Gom with Hilsa and her baby.

Gom on Windy Mountain is Volume I in the series  Tales of Gom in the Legends of Ulm.

"Stig, woodcutter of Windy Mountain, knows that his son has inherited much strangeness from Wife, who left a curious stone rune with Gom when she left. Stig's memories of this mysterious and beloved woman reverberate through Chetwin's marvelous tale that recounts the first great challenge faced by Gom, a mountain boy with unusual talents, and his fair share of human flaws."

Each volume in the Gom series features illustrated initials for each chapter, and songs.  (Music for recorder and guitar at the back of the book.) The tune you may hear is The Lollybob Song:

There was a lad by name of Lollybob, / A fine upstanding lad was he; / Who went to town to find himself a job / A 'prenticeship to candlemakers three.*// He kissed his mother and he walked away. / "Farewell, my lovely son," she sighed; / "Remember this and that and every day / To keep a bridle on your foolish pride."
*(Chorus:) O woe is me, for I am run out of town, / Run out of town, run out of town, / /O woe is me, for I am run out of town, / For letting my tongue run free!