Home page News Albums History Musicians Work in progress FAQ Ordering Contacts	Why the 'e' on 'Rolande'? There is also an English folk tale that tells of Childe Roland who fights the King of the Elves to save his brothers and sister, Helen. Pat and John wrote a song in the form of a folk ballad to tell the heroic story. The song was never performed very much as it was quite complex with the different characters being sung by different people and the various sections of the story having their own tunes and timings. Eventually the "folk opera" disappeared from the band's repertoire but we liked the name so much that we changed the band's name (previously "Machine") to Childe Rolande, adding an "e" to distinguish ourselves from all the other spellings we had come across.   All text, images and music samples on this site are copyright © Childe Rolande.	FAQ 1. Why 'Childe Rolande'? 2. Why the 'e' on 'Rolande'? n. How is 'FAQ' pronounced?