So, I wanted to make books with songs in game, something to spice up tavern times ;) so quote or make drinking or more serious fitting for DnD songs that I could add to in game books here, feel free to add youtube videos of them too for others to listen!
A few to start with ;D
The pub with no beer
Drunken Sailor
Unicorn Song
Roleplay songs!
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*cryptc
- Posts: 866
- Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am
A skinny wizard once stopped by
To rob the halls of Dumathoin -
But he quickly gave up tryin',
And no more will he be scryin'
Since we kicked him in the groin!
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We bashed that wizard's gizzards
Then we kicked him in the groin!
A goblin gang with pointy snouts
Once tried to steal our golden coin -
But the boogers dropped their blades
And think no more of dwarfing raids
'Cause we kicked 'em in the groin!
We kicked 'em in the groin! (Hey!)
We kicked 'em in the groin! (Hey!)
We set those goblins hobblin'
When we kicked 'em in the groin!
We found an elf who looked long dead,
A cold, stiff, blond sirloin -
We thought him decomposing,
Turned out he was just osmosing
'Till we kicked him in the groin!
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We broke that prancer's trances
When we kicked him in the groin!
To rob the halls of Dumathoin -
But he quickly gave up tryin',
And no more will he be scryin'
Since we kicked him in the groin!
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We bashed that wizard's gizzards
Then we kicked him in the groin!
A goblin gang with pointy snouts
Once tried to steal our golden coin -
But the boogers dropped their blades
And think no more of dwarfing raids
'Cause we kicked 'em in the groin!
We kicked 'em in the groin! (Hey!)
We kicked 'em in the groin! (Hey!)
We set those goblins hobblin'
When we kicked 'em in the groin!
We found an elf who looked long dead,
A cold, stiff, blond sirloin -
We thought him decomposing,
Turned out he was just osmosing
'Till we kicked him in the groin!
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We kicked him in the groin! (Hey!)
We broke that prancer's trances
When we kicked him in the groin!
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*cryptc
- Posts: 866
- Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am
Guess if we swap 'bugger off' with 'sod off' this song might work ;)
Bugger Off You Bastards
Title:
Bugger Off You Bastards
Author unknown
Recorded by:
1916
and
The Dubliners
Category:
Drinking and Pub Song
All song rights and copyrights belong to the respective authors and/or composers and this material might be copyrighted. Inform us if your rights are violated
Copyright Statement
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
You've be a splendid audience oh my time has past
Now dont you all be letting the door hit you in the ass
You've been a lovely audience but enough is enough
We'd take a drink kindly if you'd all just bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Here to barkeep and waitresses been serving you your beer
They've put up with your noxious breath and stupid drunken lears
Be leaving all your money on the table when you go
For all you'll have a throbbing head and nothing else to show
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Here's to all the lovely people who might be waiting for the band
And thinking one of them might make a charming one night stand
Oh please don't take offense this songs not meant for you
And we'll be happy to oblige you when this nasty job is through
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
So now your promising the ladies a night of loving bliss
When truth be told your far too drunk to stand up straight and piss
So give it up you bloody sots you'll not be getting laid
And the sooner that your out the door the sooner we'll be paid
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the through
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Bugger Off You Bastards
Title:
Bugger Off You Bastards
Author unknown
Recorded by:
1916
and
The Dubliners
Category:
Drinking and Pub Song
All song rights and copyrights belong to the respective authors and/or composers and this material might be copyrighted. Inform us if your rights are violated
Copyright Statement
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
You've be a splendid audience oh my time has past
Now dont you all be letting the door hit you in the ass
You've been a lovely audience but enough is enough
We'd take a drink kindly if you'd all just bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Here to barkeep and waitresses been serving you your beer
They've put up with your noxious breath and stupid drunken lears
Be leaving all your money on the table when you go
For all you'll have a throbbing head and nothing else to show
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Here's to all the lovely people who might be waiting for the band
And thinking one of them might make a charming one night stand
Oh please don't take offense this songs not meant for you
And we'll be happy to oblige you when this nasty job is through
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
So now your promising the ladies a night of loving bliss
When truth be told your far too drunk to stand up straight and piss
So give it up you bloody sots you'll not be getting laid
And the sooner that your out the door the sooner we'll be paid
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the trough
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Bugger off you bastards bugger off
Like a heard of bloody swine who refuse to leave the through
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
You'll get no more this evening so you bastards bugger off
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*Mr_Otyugh
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I'll stick with the thread ;) more fun to get players help as well... and this way you can put up songs which you want.
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*Mausman
- Posts: 486
- Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am
Ensiferum, victory song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvPe0uqjjY
My fave band ;-)
The plan of invasion an evil deception
Was made in the halls of the dark kingdom
To steal their riches, to slave them all
To make them kneel for a new god
The guard woke up the sleeping men
With the sound of a bronze horn
The enemy is getting closer
So brace yourselves for assault
Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory Songs are rising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might
Arrows are raining from the sky
As brothers fight side by side
We re outnumbered
But our destiny is to win!
Fight! With the rage of a bear!
Defend! Our homeland!
Crush! Every enemy!
And seal our victory!
Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory Songs are rising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might
Ei urhot kaukaisen pohjolan
Uhan eessä taipuneet
Jälleen pauhaa kansi taivahan
Veri valuu maahan lumiseen
Moni nähdä ei saa enää huomista
Moni jää heitä kaipaamaan
Jälkipolville jää maa rauhaisa
Voiton laulut soi ainiaan
Kelth's Theme: Equilibrium, Unbesiegt (invincible), describes his wild nature and determination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO8-iYzG5FE
Schwarz die Nacht, die mich umgibt,
Die heulend an die Felsen bricht.
Sieh, wie ich dem Sturme trotz,
Werd Zeuge meiner Kraft!
Wo die andren niederknien,
Staub, Verachtung sich verdienen,
Stehe ich, komm sei mein Zeug:
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Nie werden sie mich brechen,
Niemals meinen Geist bestechen!
Nie werd ich mich verneigen,
Niemals ihnen Demut zeigen!
Nie sollen sie mich ergreifen,
Niemals meine Feste schleifen!
Sieh ich bin, komm sei mein Zeug',
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Viel gefochten, viel erlitten,
Jeden Atemzug erstritten.
Hart umkämpft, die Feste mein,
Die Kreise meiner Macht.
Einsam stehn die schwarzen Zinnen,
Trotzen aller Zeiten Wirren.
So auch ich, komm sei mein Zeug:
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Nie werden sie mich brechen,
Niemals meinen Geist bestechen!
Nie werd ich mich verneigen,
Niemals ihnen Demut zeigen!
Nie sollen sie mich ergreifen,
Niemals meine Feste schleifen!
Sieh ich bin, komm sei mein Zeug':
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Ich bin unbesiegt!
Ich bin unbesiegt!
Ich fürcht nicht glühend Eisen,
Noch fürcht ich Pein.
Ich bin mein eigen Heiland,
Werds immer sein.
Und wenn ich dir auch blutend zu Füßen lieg,
Weißt du genau: Ich bleibe unbesiegt!
Alles, was ich mir erstritten...
Meine Banner, himmelhoch...
Auch wenn alle Mauern zittern...
Bleib ich Herr auf meinem Thron,
Ja, für immer!
Viele sah ich nieder gehn,
Zuviele um je zu verstehen.
Doch habe ich nicht einen Tag auf diesem Pfad bereut.
Solln sie auf mich runtersehen,
Es schert mich nicht, ich bleibe stehen!
Auch du, mein Freund, ich bin dein Zeug, sei blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Ex Deo, 13th Legion, His role as leader in the past and present, not all of the lyrics fit exactly but most of it does ;)
Live Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux8vUp3W_u0
Legion of the 13th!! The dye is cast!
As we cross the Rubicon, the dye is cast...the blood will flow
Ahey call it the point of no return
But for us it just begun
Rome's most lethal weapon
The twin legion has arrived
Revolution is at hand
The fire in the sky is damned
The brave will rise
The shadows of light
This strength and honour
Determined to conquer
Fate to dominate
Architects of war
We are the 13th
Bothers in arms
Our enemies will fear
The power that we cheer
We live to fight this dream
To unify our world
In dominance we rise
Together we shall die
Bleeding for our sun
Our legacy never undone
We massacred the opposition
we walk in glory, in all our envy
loyal to the god of Mars
they crossed out path and they were lost
hand to hand we killed them all
blood drenched and ripped apart
feed them to the rabid dogs
the 13th is law
The brave will rise
The shadows of light
This strength and honour
Determined to conquer
Fate to dominate
Architects of war
We are the 13th
Bothers in arms
Our enemies will fear
The power that we cheer
We live to fight this dream
To unify our world
In dominance we rise
Together we shall die
Bleeding for our sun
Our legacy never undone
Vodka, Korpiklaani ^_^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwOHvoZbA
Vodka, you're feeling stronger
Vodka, no more feeling bad
Vodka, your eyes are shining
Vodka, you are the real MAN
Vodka, wipes away your tears
Vodka, removes your fears
Vodka, everyone is gorgeous
Vodka, yeah vodka
Drinking is good for you,
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you,
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you,
And you will feel awesome!!
Out of respect for nature,
Our vodka and drinkers.
Promising, that the vodka
We reserve, is as pure as it was
Thousands of years ago
Vodka, you're feeling stronger
Vodka, no more feeling bad
Vodka, your eyes are shining
Vodka, you are the real MAN
Vodka, wipes away your tears
Vodka, removes your fears
Vodka, everyone is gorgeous
Vodka, yeah vodka
Drinking is good for you
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you,
And you will feel awesome!!
Drinking is good for you,
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you,
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you!!
Raaah!
Vodka, you're feeling stronger
Vodka, no more feeling bad
Vodka, your eyes are shining
Vodka, you are the real MAN
Vodka, wipes away your tears
Vodka, removes your fears
Vodka, everyone is gorgeous
Vodka, yeah vodka
Drinking is good for you,
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you,
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you,
And you will feel awesome!!
VODKA!
I'll post some more later :P
My fave band ;-)
The plan of invasion an evil deception
Was made in the halls of the dark kingdom
To steal their riches, to slave them all
To make them kneel for a new god
The guard woke up the sleeping men
With the sound of a bronze horn
The enemy is getting closer
So brace yourselves for assault
Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory Songs are rising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might
Arrows are raining from the sky
As brothers fight side by side
We re outnumbered
But our destiny is to win!
Fight! With the rage of a bear!
Defend! Our homeland!
Crush! Every enemy!
And seal our victory!
Swords in their hands they killed each and every man
Who dared to invade their sacred land
Victory Songs are rising in the night
Telling all of their undying strength and might
Ei urhot kaukaisen pohjolan
Uhan eessä taipuneet
Jälleen pauhaa kansi taivahan
Veri valuu maahan lumiseen
Moni nähdä ei saa enää huomista
Moni jää heitä kaipaamaan
Jälkipolville jää maa rauhaisa
Voiton laulut soi ainiaan
Kelth's Theme: Equilibrium, Unbesiegt (invincible), describes his wild nature and determination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO8-iYzG5FE
Schwarz die Nacht, die mich umgibt,
Die heulend an die Felsen bricht.
Sieh, wie ich dem Sturme trotz,
Werd Zeuge meiner Kraft!
Wo die andren niederknien,
Staub, Verachtung sich verdienen,
Stehe ich, komm sei mein Zeug:
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Nie werden sie mich brechen,
Niemals meinen Geist bestechen!
Nie werd ich mich verneigen,
Niemals ihnen Demut zeigen!
Nie sollen sie mich ergreifen,
Niemals meine Feste schleifen!
Sieh ich bin, komm sei mein Zeug',
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Viel gefochten, viel erlitten,
Jeden Atemzug erstritten.
Hart umkämpft, die Feste mein,
Die Kreise meiner Macht.
Einsam stehn die schwarzen Zinnen,
Trotzen aller Zeiten Wirren.
So auch ich, komm sei mein Zeug:
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Nie werden sie mich brechen,
Niemals meinen Geist bestechen!
Nie werd ich mich verneigen,
Niemals ihnen Demut zeigen!
Nie sollen sie mich ergreifen,
Niemals meine Feste schleifen!
Sieh ich bin, komm sei mein Zeug':
Blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Ich bin unbesiegt!
Ich bin unbesiegt!
Ich fürcht nicht glühend Eisen,
Noch fürcht ich Pein.
Ich bin mein eigen Heiland,
Werds immer sein.
Und wenn ich dir auch blutend zu Füßen lieg,
Weißt du genau: Ich bleibe unbesiegt!
Alles, was ich mir erstritten...
Meine Banner, himmelhoch...
Auch wenn alle Mauern zittern...
Bleib ich Herr auf meinem Thron,
Ja, für immer!
Viele sah ich nieder gehn,
Zuviele um je zu verstehen.
Doch habe ich nicht einen Tag auf diesem Pfad bereut.
Solln sie auf mich runtersehen,
Es schert mich nicht, ich bleibe stehen!
Auch du, mein Freund, ich bin dein Zeug, sei blutend, aber ungebeugt!
Ex Deo, 13th Legion, His role as leader in the past and present, not all of the lyrics fit exactly but most of it does ;)
Live Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux8vUp3W_u0
Legion of the 13th!! The dye is cast!
As we cross the Rubicon, the dye is cast...the blood will flow
Ahey call it the point of no return
But for us it just begun
Rome's most lethal weapon
The twin legion has arrived
Revolution is at hand
The fire in the sky is damned
The brave will rise
The shadows of light
This strength and honour
Determined to conquer
Fate to dominate
Architects of war
We are the 13th
Bothers in arms
Our enemies will fear
The power that we cheer
We live to fight this dream
To unify our world
In dominance we rise
Together we shall die
Bleeding for our sun
Our legacy never undone
We massacred the opposition
we walk in glory, in all our envy
loyal to the god of Mars
they crossed out path and they were lost
hand to hand we killed them all
blood drenched and ripped apart
feed them to the rabid dogs
the 13th is law
The brave will rise
The shadows of light
This strength and honour
Determined to conquer
Fate to dominate
Architects of war
We are the 13th
Bothers in arms
Our enemies will fear
The power that we cheer
We live to fight this dream
To unify our world
In dominance we rise
Together we shall die
Bleeding for our sun
Our legacy never undone
Vodka, Korpiklaani ^_^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwOHvoZbA
Vodka, you're feeling stronger
Vodka, no more feeling bad
Vodka, your eyes are shining
Vodka, you are the real MAN
Vodka, wipes away your tears
Vodka, removes your fears
Vodka, everyone is gorgeous
Vodka, yeah vodka
Drinking is good for you,
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you,
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you,
And you will feel awesome!!
Out of respect for nature,
Our vodka and drinkers.
Promising, that the vodka
We reserve, is as pure as it was
Thousands of years ago
Vodka, you're feeling stronger
Vodka, no more feeling bad
Vodka, your eyes are shining
Vodka, you are the real MAN
Vodka, wipes away your tears
Vodka, removes your fears
Vodka, everyone is gorgeous
Vodka, yeah vodka
Drinking is good for you
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you,
And you will feel awesome!!
Drinking is good for you,
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you,
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you!!
Raaah!
Vodka, you're feeling stronger
Vodka, no more feeling bad
Vodka, your eyes are shining
Vodka, you are the real MAN
Vodka, wipes away your tears
Vodka, removes your fears
Vodka, everyone is gorgeous
Vodka, yeah vodka
Drinking is good for you,
Soon you are unconstrained
Drinking is good for you,
Here comes the womanizer
Drinking is good for you,
Not anymore lonesome
Drinking is good for you,
And you will feel awesome!!
VODKA!
I'll post some more later :P
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*Lutemasta
- Posts: 119
- Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am
Recorded by Wierd Al Yankcovik
Oh... what is the malt and liquor?
What gets you drunken quicker?
What comes in bottles or in cans? (Beer)
Can't get enough of it (Beer)
How we really love it (Beer)
Makes me think I'm a man (Beer)
I could kiss and hug it (Beer)
But I'd rather chug it (Beer)
Got my belly up to here (Beer)
I could not refuse a (Beer)
I could really use a beer, beer, beer
Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer
I can't remember how much I have had
I drank a twelve-pack with my dad (BURP!)
That's my son the drunken manly stud
I'm proud to be his bud
Here have some pretzels
No, I'll call it quits
Those things give me the shlits (ha ha ha)
Drink with your family
Drink it with your friends
Drink till you're fat, stomach distends
Beer is liquid bread, it's good for you
We like to drink till we spew! Ew!
Who cares if we get fat?
I'll drink to that
As we sing once more...
What is the malt and liquor?
What gets you drunken quicker?
What comes in bottles or in cans? (Beer)
Can't get enough of it (Beer)
How we really love it (Beer)
Makes me think I'm a man (Beer)
I could kiss and hug it (Beer)
But I'd rather chug it (Beer)
Got my belly up to here (Beer)
Golly, I adore it! (Beer)
Come on dammit, pour it!
Do it for me, brew it for me
Feed it to me, speed it to me (Beer)
The most wonderful drink in the world
HOORAY!!! (BURP!)
Here a link to the song to listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhepyJL4jDg
Oh... what is the malt and liquor?
What gets you drunken quicker?
What comes in bottles or in cans? (Beer)
Can't get enough of it (Beer)
How we really love it (Beer)
Makes me think I'm a man (Beer)
I could kiss and hug it (Beer)
But I'd rather chug it (Beer)
Got my belly up to here (Beer)
I could not refuse a (Beer)
I could really use a beer, beer, beer
Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer
I can't remember how much I have had
I drank a twelve-pack with my dad (BURP!)
That's my son the drunken manly stud
I'm proud to be his bud
Here have some pretzels
No, I'll call it quits
Those things give me the shlits (ha ha ha)
Drink with your family
Drink it with your friends
Drink till you're fat, stomach distends
Beer is liquid bread, it's good for you
We like to drink till we spew! Ew!
Who cares if we get fat?
I'll drink to that
As we sing once more...
What is the malt and liquor?
What gets you drunken quicker?
What comes in bottles or in cans? (Beer)
Can't get enough of it (Beer)
How we really love it (Beer)
Makes me think I'm a man (Beer)
I could kiss and hug it (Beer)
But I'd rather chug it (Beer)
Got my belly up to here (Beer)
Golly, I adore it! (Beer)
Come on dammit, pour it!
Do it for me, brew it for me
Feed it to me, speed it to me (Beer)
The most wonderful drink in the world
HOORAY!!! (BURP!)
Here a link to the song to listen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhepyJL4jDg
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*Dedic8ed
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 am
Had to include this after Neli's comment at the wedding...
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
A bear there was, a bear, a bear!
All black and brown, and covered with hair!
The bear! The bear!
Oh, come, they said, oh come to the fair!
The fair? Said he, but I'm a bear!
All black, and brown, and covered with hair!
And Down the road from here to there.
From here! To There!
Three boys, a goat, and a dancing bear!
They danced and spun, all the way to the Fair!
The Fair! The Fair!
Oh, sweet she was, and pure, and fair!
The maid with honey in her hair!
Her hair! Her hair!
The maid with honey in her hair!
[The bear,] smelled the scent on the summer air.
The bear! The bear!
All black and brown and covered with hair.
He smelled the scent on the summer air!
He sniffed and roared and smelled it there!
Honey on the summer air!
Oh, I'm a maid, and I'm pure and fair!
I'll never dance with a hairy bear!
A bear! A bear!
I'll never dance with a hairy bear!
He lifted her high into the air!
The bear! The bear!
I called for a knight, but you're a bear!
A bear! A bear!
All black and brown and covered with hair!
She kicked and wailed, the maid so fair,
But he licked the honey from her hair,
Her hair! Her hair!
Then she sighed and squealed and kicked the air!
My bear! She sang. My bear so fair!
And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair.
The Bear and the Maiden Fair
from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
A bear there was, a bear, a bear!
All black and brown, and covered with hair!
The bear! The bear!
Oh, come, they said, oh come to the fair!
The fair? Said he, but I'm a bear!
All black, and brown, and covered with hair!
And Down the road from here to there.
From here! To There!
Three boys, a goat, and a dancing bear!
They danced and spun, all the way to the Fair!
The Fair! The Fair!
Oh, sweet she was, and pure, and fair!
The maid with honey in her hair!
Her hair! Her hair!
The maid with honey in her hair!
[The bear,] smelled the scent on the summer air.
The bear! The bear!
All black and brown and covered with hair.
He smelled the scent on the summer air!
He sniffed and roared and smelled it there!
Honey on the summer air!
Oh, I'm a maid, and I'm pure and fair!
I'll never dance with a hairy bear!
A bear! A bear!
I'll never dance with a hairy bear!
He lifted her high into the air!
The bear! The bear!
I called for a knight, but you're a bear!
A bear! A bear!
All black and brown and covered with hair!
She kicked and wailed, the maid so fair,
But he licked the honey from her hair,
Her hair! Her hair!
Then she sighed and squealed and kicked the air!
My bear! She sang. My bear so fair!
And off they went, from here to there,
The bear, the bear, and the maiden fair.
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Well, this is not a drinking song, precisely, but this is one of my favorite ballads, and I have often thought that if I were ever going to play a bard who performed in a tavern, this is one of the two songs I would do.
The Queen and the Soldier by Suzanne Vega. ("I'll take '80s pop for $200, Alex.")
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
The Queen and the Soldier by Suzanne Vega. ("I'll take '80s pop for $200, Alex.")
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
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*Awards Lutemasta 50 XP for the Weird Al*
Nice tunes, Maus. I really liked the first one.
And since Mr. O. have opened the door for Irish folktunes, I figured I would go ahead and post the second of the two songs I would perform if I were going to play a bard.
The Queen and the Soldier is sad. Peter Kagan and the wind is heartbreaking. I actually created a character on another server who was essentially Peter Kagan's son. It's too bad that Alex never got to meet Turt's mom...
Part I: Peter Kagan and the Wind by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem.
Part II: Peter Kagan and the Wind by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem.
It is said that the seals have the ability to take on human form. The seal people, though they like to live near the sea, dare not ever go back into it, or else they immediately revert to their original form and lose the ability ever to take on human form again.
Peter Kagan and the Wind
Peter Kagan was a lonely man in the summer of his years. One day he got tired of being lonely, and he went away, off to the east. And when he came again he had a wife. She was strange, but she was kind and people liked her. She was good for Kagan. She kept him company and winter come to summer they were happy.
Kagan had a dory then, with a lugsail on her mast. He used to go offshore three, maybe four, days at a time setting out for the fish. Oh his wife was sad then. She didn't like to see him go. She'd go down to the sea sometimes and call to him:
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Bring the dory home.
Wind and sea do follow thee,
And all the ledges calling thee.
He said he could hear her calling twenty miles to sea, and when he heard her, he would come home, whether he had fish or none.
She was a seal, of course, everybody knew it. Even Kagan. He knew that, but no one said anything to him.
Then, one day, in that year's autumn , Kagan said ''I've got to go now. Go offshore and get some fish.'' But his wife said ''No! Please don't go!'' She started crying. ''The winds are coming and the snows are coming.''
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Don't go out to sea,
Stormy winds and snows do come,
And, oh, but I do fear for thee.
But Kagan wasn't afraid of snow, and it was early in the year. So Kagan put in his oars and went out to sea. Kagan sailed in the middle ground. The Wind was west all day and the fish were coming to him. Kagan read the writing on the water and in the sky. He saw haze very high up above the clouds and said ''That's all right for autumn -- only a change of wind. I'm not afraid of wind.''
But Kagan read it wrong, this time. The Wind went away, and then it came back, Southeast. And the fog came round.
Kagan said, ''I've got to go now. I'll find that gong buoy off the sunken ledges and then I'll know the best way home.'' So Kagan put up a sail and bore away to the Nor'ard for the gong.
But, oh, the Wind was watching.
The Wind backed around to the East'ard and came breezing on, against him. He sailed for a long time. The sail was pulling very hard. Finally the Wind was so strong that the sail tore out, so Kagan took it down and the dory went drifting.
He thought he could hear that gong buoy. It wasn't very far away.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Bring the dory home.
Wind and sea do follow thee,
And all the ledges calling thee.
But the dory went drifting, and by and by the gong buoy went away. Kagan said, ''All right then.'' He put in his oars and started to row back up for the gong.
But, oh, the Wind was watching. The Wind back around Northeast, making the seas confused. The Wind said, ''Listen! I have something to tell you.''
Kagan, rowing, ''I don't want to hear it.''
The Wind humps up then, making the sea short, making it hard for Kagan to row. Finally the seas are so steep that Kagan knows he isn't getting anywhere. So Kagan takes in the oars and again the dory goes drifting...
Kagan said, ''All right then. Now I've got something to show you.'' He took a slip of wood for a needle and waxed up a hand line for a thread and he sewed the sail up smaller -- sewed a reef in it.
The Wind said, ''What're you doing?''
Kagan said, ''You keeping watching.''
So Kagan put up a sail and again he bore away to to the Nor'ard for the gong.
But, oh, the Wind was watching.
The Wind backed around North-Nor'east. Kagan can't hold his course now. Kagan said, ''All right then.'' He brought the boat about. Now he's steering East'ard.
''You're heading out to sea.''
''I'm not afraid of water. I'll bring this boat about when I can fetch that gong buoy.''
''I'll veer on you; I'll go East.''
''You do that and I can hold my course.''
''I'll back on you.''
''You back too far and you've got a clear. You know that. I can keep ahead of you.''
''You may be smarter but I'm stronger.'' The Wind grew bigger then and the Wind blew harder. Finally the wind was so strong that the Sail said, ''I can't make it, Kagan!'' And Kagan said, ''I know that. Thank you.''
So Kagan took down the sail, and the dory went drifting.
Kagan took the sail off the yard and put it about him. ''Sail, keep me warm!''
''The sail can't keep you warm.''
The Wind snatched off North by East. ''I'll freeze you.''
''I'm not afraid of cold!''
But Kagan was afraid. He didn't know what to do. And oh, the Wind is working now. The Wind brings ice and snow. The Wind blows long and long and black.
Kagan says, 'I'm dying. Sail, keep me warm!' and the sail said, 'I can't do it Kagan.'
Kagan dying, and the wind blowing.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Turn ye now to me.
Turn your back unto the Wind
And all the weary windy sea.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Lay ye down to sleep.
For I do come to comfort thee
All and thy dear body keep.
So Kagan lay on the bottom of the boat, and he tried not to be afraid of the dying, and he dreamed of her then, his wife. He dreamed she was coming to him, and he heard a long calling down the wind and he raised himself up, and he saw her. Down the smoking, storming sea she came. Over the rail of the dory she came, laughing to his arms.
And all in the night and in the storm they did lay, and the Wind went away, and the storm went away, and in the morning they found him...
...asleep, with a sail wrapped around him. And there was a seal, lying there with him, curled over him like a blanket, and the snow was upon the seal's back.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Bring the dory home.
Wind and sea do follow thee,
And all the ledges calling thee.
Nice tunes, Maus. I really liked the first one.
And since Mr. O. have opened the door for Irish folktunes, I figured I would go ahead and post the second of the two songs I would perform if I were going to play a bard.
The Queen and the Soldier is sad. Peter Kagan and the wind is heartbreaking. I actually created a character on another server who was essentially Peter Kagan's son. It's too bad that Alex never got to meet Turt's mom...
Part I: Peter Kagan and the Wind by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem.
Part II: Peter Kagan and the Wind by Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem.
It is said that the seals have the ability to take on human form. The seal people, though they like to live near the sea, dare not ever go back into it, or else they immediately revert to their original form and lose the ability ever to take on human form again.
Peter Kagan and the Wind
Peter Kagan was a lonely man in the summer of his years. One day he got tired of being lonely, and he went away, off to the east. And when he came again he had a wife. She was strange, but she was kind and people liked her. She was good for Kagan. She kept him company and winter come to summer they were happy.
Kagan had a dory then, with a lugsail on her mast. He used to go offshore three, maybe four, days at a time setting out for the fish. Oh his wife was sad then. She didn't like to see him go. She'd go down to the sea sometimes and call to him:
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Bring the dory home.
Wind and sea do follow thee,
And all the ledges calling thee.
He said he could hear her calling twenty miles to sea, and when he heard her, he would come home, whether he had fish or none.
She was a seal, of course, everybody knew it. Even Kagan. He knew that, but no one said anything to him.
Then, one day, in that year's autumn , Kagan said ''I've got to go now. Go offshore and get some fish.'' But his wife said ''No! Please don't go!'' She started crying. ''The winds are coming and the snows are coming.''
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Don't go out to sea,
Stormy winds and snows do come,
And, oh, but I do fear for thee.
But Kagan wasn't afraid of snow, and it was early in the year. So Kagan put in his oars and went out to sea. Kagan sailed in the middle ground. The Wind was west all day and the fish were coming to him. Kagan read the writing on the water and in the sky. He saw haze very high up above the clouds and said ''That's all right for autumn -- only a change of wind. I'm not afraid of wind.''
But Kagan read it wrong, this time. The Wind went away, and then it came back, Southeast. And the fog came round.
Kagan said, ''I've got to go now. I'll find that gong buoy off the sunken ledges and then I'll know the best way home.'' So Kagan put up a sail and bore away to the Nor'ard for the gong.
But, oh, the Wind was watching.
The Wind backed around to the East'ard and came breezing on, against him. He sailed for a long time. The sail was pulling very hard. Finally the Wind was so strong that the sail tore out, so Kagan took it down and the dory went drifting.
He thought he could hear that gong buoy. It wasn't very far away.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Bring the dory home.
Wind and sea do follow thee,
And all the ledges calling thee.
But the dory went drifting, and by and by the gong buoy went away. Kagan said, ''All right then.'' He put in his oars and started to row back up for the gong.
But, oh, the Wind was watching. The Wind back around Northeast, making the seas confused. The Wind said, ''Listen! I have something to tell you.''
Kagan, rowing, ''I don't want to hear it.''
The Wind humps up then, making the sea short, making it hard for Kagan to row. Finally the seas are so steep that Kagan knows he isn't getting anywhere. So Kagan takes in the oars and again the dory goes drifting...
Kagan said, ''All right then. Now I've got something to show you.'' He took a slip of wood for a needle and waxed up a hand line for a thread and he sewed the sail up smaller -- sewed a reef in it.
The Wind said, ''What're you doing?''
Kagan said, ''You keeping watching.''
So Kagan put up a sail and again he bore away to to the Nor'ard for the gong.
But, oh, the Wind was watching.
The Wind backed around North-Nor'east. Kagan can't hold his course now. Kagan said, ''All right then.'' He brought the boat about. Now he's steering East'ard.
''You're heading out to sea.''
''I'm not afraid of water. I'll bring this boat about when I can fetch that gong buoy.''
''I'll veer on you; I'll go East.''
''You do that and I can hold my course.''
''I'll back on you.''
''You back too far and you've got a clear. You know that. I can keep ahead of you.''
''You may be smarter but I'm stronger.'' The Wind grew bigger then and the Wind blew harder. Finally the wind was so strong that the Sail said, ''I can't make it, Kagan!'' And Kagan said, ''I know that. Thank you.''
So Kagan took down the sail, and the dory went drifting.
Kagan took the sail off the yard and put it about him. ''Sail, keep me warm!''
''The sail can't keep you warm.''
The Wind snatched off North by East. ''I'll freeze you.''
''I'm not afraid of cold!''
But Kagan was afraid. He didn't know what to do. And oh, the Wind is working now. The Wind brings ice and snow. The Wind blows long and long and black.
Kagan says, 'I'm dying. Sail, keep me warm!' and the sail said, 'I can't do it Kagan.'
Kagan dying, and the wind blowing.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Turn ye now to me.
Turn your back unto the Wind
And all the weary windy sea.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Lay ye down to sleep.
For I do come to comfort thee
All and thy dear body keep.
So Kagan lay on the bottom of the boat, and he tried not to be afraid of the dying, and he dreamed of her then, his wife. He dreamed she was coming to him, and he heard a long calling down the wind and he raised himself up, and he saw her. Down the smoking, storming sea she came. Over the rail of the dory she came, laughing to his arms.
And all in the night and in the storm they did lay, and the Wind went away, and the storm went away, and in the morning they found him...
...asleep, with a sail wrapped around him. And there was a seal, lying there with him, curled over him like a blanket, and the snow was upon the seal's back.
Kagan, Kagan, Kagan,
Bring the dory home.
Wind and sea do follow thee,
And all the ledges calling thee.