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DiscipleofBob
2011-01-17, 10:10 PM
Tonight, I'm trying out a new character in my brother's 4e game, a Dwarf Battlemind who's a retired pirate captain, so I need some good sailor songs to sing. Sea chanties, irish drinking songs, work songs, etc. Even better if they have a D&D ring to them. Here's a couple verses I came up with off the top of my head.

I once went to dinner
with a host much older
Ne'er looked him in the eye
Cause he's a beholder

Me fork and me knife
Kept missing my feast
Cause this evenin' we're eatin'
a Displacer Beast.

Any ideas or contributions?

P.S. Also I should note the campaign setting is a Skies of Arcadia/Baten Kaitos floating island world, so perhaps Sea Chanty isn't as appropriate a name as Sky Chanty.

The Glyphstone
2011-01-17, 10:22 PM
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
Early in the mornin'?

BayardSPSR
2011-01-17, 10:46 PM
I once went to dinner
with a host much older
Ne'er looked him in the eye
Cause he's a beholder

Me fork and me knife
Kept missing my feast
Cause this evenin' we're eatin'
a Displacer Beast.


Awesome. Flat awesome.

You can try stealing parts of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Or just let it inspire you. It is also flat awesome.

Link: http://www.online-literature.com/coleridge/646/

DiscipleofBob
2011-01-17, 10:59 PM
Next two verses:

So my host let me dance
With a beautiful lass
With long raven hair
And a tight little a**

She whispered of love
But of course was a liar
For the sweet bonnie lass
Was a bloody vampire

I'd like one more couple of stanzas to wrap up this little tale but am having trouble.

Adam...?
2011-01-18, 12:02 AM
As far as Irish drinking songs are concerned, I don't imagine it would be difficult to put a DnD spin on any of them. Obviously, such songs run the entire range from fun to unbelievable inappropriate, so it'd be a good idea to pick one based on what you're comfortable with in your group.

Personally, if I were DMing, you'd be earning all sorts of brownie points if you tricked out Bondo's "**** You, I'm drunk." Which includes such classic lines as:

**** you, I'm drunk
**** you, I'm drunk
Pour my beer down the sink I've got more in the trunk.

**** you, I'm drunk
**** you, I'm drunk
And I'm going to be drunk till the next time I'm drunk!

You've given me an option, you say I must choose,
'tween you and the liquor, then I'll take the booze!
Jumpin' on Western down to the south side,
Where I'll sit down and exercise my Irish pride.

dgnslyr
2011-01-18, 12:10 AM
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
Early in the mornin'?

Trim his tusks with a blunted cleaver
Trim his tusks with a blunted cleaver
Trim his tusks with a blunted cleaver
Early in the mornin!

Put in his beard a dainty ribbon
Put in his beard a dainty ribbon
Put in his beard a dainty ribbon
Early in the mornin'!

More verses! More!

Fitz10019
2011-01-18, 07:20 AM
So I showt 'er a step
I learnt from me mutter
It's quick as a wink
and smooth as fresh butter

I twirlt m' lady out
And twirlt 'er back in
Once more fer good measure
Then I jabt a stake in.

My host called me uncouth
And 'e pressed me to leave
So that's when I showed 'im
Ma also taught me cleave.


Here's another Irish song:

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm a long way from home,
You don't have to like me,
Just leave me alone.

I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when I'm dry,
And if [blah-blah] don't kill me,
I'll live 'til I die.

Insert any two-syllable word for the [blah-blah]: arrows, daggers, dragons.

Coidzor
2011-01-18, 08:52 AM
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
What do you do with a drunken half-orc
Early in the mornin'?

What can't you do with a drunken half-orc
What can't you do with a drunken half-orc
What can't you do with a drunken half-orc
Early in the mornin'?

BayardSPSR
2011-01-18, 09:58 AM
What can't you do with a drunken half-orc
Early in the mornin'?

Talk loudly? Anything at all noisy or in bright light? The question honestly got me thinking. Chess? Go? Intelligent physical conversation? A Japanese tea ceremony (with proper form, that is)?

Eldan
2011-01-18, 09:59 AM
You could use the Half-orc as a table for your ceremony, while he's out.

BayardSPSR
2011-01-18, 10:06 AM
You could use the Half-orc as a table for your ceremony, while he's out.

Aha! I thought that one was a bit iffy. There's always a way to drink tea correctly.

RaveingRonin
2011-01-18, 11:02 AM
Chorus-->Oh ide-ide-ide-ide-ide-ide oh,
I jumped unto a flying ship,
and sailed into the sky,
a belt'a daggers on my chest,
not a tear in me eye.
<Chorus>
We ran into pirates,
an the day after that,
I still had to swab the decks,
from fore to aft.
<Chorus>
I'm the best there ever was,
no mater what I do,
an the day I go home,
a pine box 'ill be my bed.
<Chorus>
Sung like a Irish drinking song. Fire the Moonstone Cannon!

hamishspence
2011-01-18, 01:32 PM
I liked the "Traditional Sea Shanty" about Dagon, in his Demonomicon article in Dragon Magazine #349 (November 2006):



There once was an island dead west of the sunset,
A place where the sun's rays danced carefree and bright.
It's shores all a'sparkle in white shining beaches,
And jungles aplenty with game day and night.

They say that the people who dwelt there were happy,
They say that they lived their lives simple and fair.
Yet one day a bitter wind rose from the ocean
And took the poor folk by surprise unaware.

For ruin had risen in thunderous fury,
A ravenous shadow fell over the shore.
And when Father Dagon's black gullet gaped open
The waves ran with blood and the isle was no more.

-Traditional Sea Shanty

Talyn
2011-01-18, 02:23 PM
You said he was a dwarf, right?

Farewell to ancient mountains
My dark deep home
May the gods of Stone and Forge bless me
For I am far above
Riding currents of the sky
Will the elders sing my clan-song and remember me?

I hate to leave my stonewrought home
How I hate to leave my clan-mates bold
Give me a last long look at the lasses fair
And one last round of ale shields against the cold!

The drums they do beat and the wars do alarm
My captain calls so I must obey!
Farewell, farewell, to the ancient mountain's charms,
It is early in the morning, I am bound far away!

(Sung to the tune of "Farewell to Nova Scotia")

Ravens_cry
2011-01-18, 02:42 PM
Next two verses:

So my host let me dance
With a beautiful lass
With long raven hair
And a tight little a**

She whispered of love
But of course was a liar
For the sweet bonnie lass
Was a bloody vampire

I'd like one more couple of stanzas to wrap up this little tale but am having trouble.
I stuffed her full of garlic
I staked her in the sand
T'would not give up my blood
For any love or land.
***
More of ballad then a sea shanty.
***
Pelor, Pelor, Lord of the Sky!
Pelor Pelor, you're gonna sizzle and fry!
He'll sear your flesh from your bones
He'll dry out your liver.
Woulds you believe some call him,
The most holy Life Giver?!
Pelor, Pelor, Lord of the Sky
Pelor Pelor, you're gonna sizzle and fry!
His face is gold, makes day from night
Just the thing for hard working lads
Oh what a sweat it brings,
The headache a sheer delight!
Pelor, Pelor, Lord of the Sky
Pelor Pelor, you're gonna sizzle and fry!

Combat Reflexes
2011-01-18, 03:42 PM
It's not quite the music genre you are looking for, but they have some good lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plfVQV-klZo

"Seven Deadly Sins"

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

So the years rolled by and several died
And left us somewhat reelin'
Johnny strummed his Tommy gun
Left blastin' through the ceiling
So what became of rebels
Who sang for you and me?
Grapplin' with their demons
In the search for liberty

Suffers who suffer all
Can swim upon the desert
Where avarice have ravaged all
In spite of good intentions
Don't fill your mouth with gluttony
For pride will surely swell
But nothing's unforgiven in the four corners of hell

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

Envy and its evil twin
It crept in bed with slander
Idiots they gave advice
But sloth it gave no answer
Anger kills the human soul
With butter tales of lust
While pavlov's Dogs keep chewin'
On the legs they never trust

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

But It's the only life we'll know
Blagards to the bone
So don't wreck yourself
Take an honest grip
For there's more tales beyond the shore

Ah the years rolled by and several died
And left us somewhat reelin'
In and out came crawlin' out
And spewed upon the ceiling
So what became of rebels"
That sang for you and me
Grapplin; with their demons
In the search for liberty

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

Sail away where no ball and chain
Can keep us from the roarin' waves
Together undivided but forever we'll be free
So sail away aboard our rig
The moon is full and so are we
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins
We're seven drunken pirates
We're the seven deadly sins

Beelzebub1111
2011-01-18, 04:13 PM
A bit of an add a verse song:

Brother Fultus fell into a big and black abyss
Fighter Tomas was seduced by a succubus
Wizard Edward drank to much, and sat upon his staff
He set it off and he blew up, starting with his ass

Now everybody's died
So, until our tears have dried
We'll drink and drink and drink and drink and then we'll drink some more
We'll dance and sing and fight until the early morning light
Then we'll throw up, pass out, wakeup, and then go drinking once again

Thurbane
2011-01-18, 08:30 PM
My two favorite sea shanties are Spanish Ladies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Ladies) (featured in Jaws), and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUvYR2ZYjVY) :smalltongue:

Ragitsu
2011-01-18, 09:21 PM
I read "Sea Charities" at first.

BayardSPSR
2011-01-18, 10:39 PM
I read "Sea Charities" at first.

Save the flying whales!

Enix18
2011-01-18, 11:37 PM
This isn't a sea shanty, but to me it seems to pretty well embody the idea of a drunk dwarven pirate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5KqEQvgYyk

Kaje
2011-01-18, 11:45 PM
I like the "Dinosaur Comics" theory of sea chanties, whereby you can simply take pop songs and replace the word "baby" with the word "matey."

Oh matey, matey
How was I supposed to know
That something wasn't right
Oh matey, matey
I shouldn't have let you go
And now you're out of sight, yeah

Show me, how you want it to be
Tell me matey
'Cause I need to know now
Oh because

My loneliness is killing me
I must confess, I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me matey one more time

HalfTangible
2011-01-18, 11:50 PM
Keelhaul a tro',
And heads will ro'
cuz everythin on it regro's...

It'll just stand,
kill ye by hand,
and use your arms as drumsticks in a band...


....

Dammit i know there's a song there SOMEWHERE!



EDIT: I tried rearranging a country song.

I ain't leavin' till i hear ye body flail and sink
it'll be what it'll be
if ye're betrayin me,
gimme the word and
ye might not walk the plank!

Matey
is someone else callin' ye
matey

It be drivin me batty
so ye better mark

Goodbye's always hard,
so go and draw yer s'ord,
If ye're leavin this here ship,
Then bloody EN GARDE!

Don't lie to me,
is someone else callin' ye
matey?

werik
2011-01-19, 03:58 AM
I was inspired by your subject and so I just wrote this

"Garhin set sail into the sky with four non-dwarven blokes
And all the four were full of pride and heaped of talk and boast.
They counted an elf, a man, a gnome, and one of the hobbit-folk
To their folly I raise my glass and drink them a dwarven toast.

For when their ship were boarded by a party of murd’rous orcs
The four were caught by surprise and scampered forth like moles.
They choked on their drink, coughed up their meat, and dropped their dinner forks.
They searched about for some place to hide, some sort of hidey-hole.

When the elf saw no where to run, he then drew out his bow
And pulled tight the string in order to kill the mindless beasts.
But when his arrow twere notched the elf soon came to know
That an orc axe cuts clean through a bow and serves up elvish meats.

The man unsheathed his sword and called out the orcish brutes
His aim was to cut them one-by-one and toss their bodies towards the sky
But he did not count on the sneaky orcs who stands away and shoots
For with one twang the creature slew the man with an arrow through his eye.

The gnome cast his mystic spells to avoid the menacing advances
Of the orcs who planned to skin him, to better make a sail.
He waved his hands, pulled some tricks, and through his transformances
Still ended up a skewered gnome save for his new-grown tail.

The halfling twisted, ran, and dodged up and down the ship.
She climbed into the crow’s nest where she believed to be too high.
But she soon realized that she had hardly given them the slip
For their axes cut down the mast and she went tumbling into the sky.

But where was Garhin while the four non-dwarf folk fell?
He was on the orcish vessel, transported as if by spell.
He cut of their heads and threw the bodies pell-mell
And aimed their cannons and his old boat, and blew them all to hell.

Sailing off mighty Garhin thought of the four surely lost in the roast,
How all four were full of pride and heaped of talk and boast,
And to their folly raised up his glass and drank them a dwarven toast."

Fortuna
2011-01-19, 04:17 AM
You said he was a dwarf, right?

Farewell to ancient mountains
My dark deep home
May the gods of Stone and Forge bless me
For I am far above
Riding currents of the sky
Will the elders sing my clan-song and remember me?

I hate to leave my stonewrought home
How I hate to leave my clan-mates bold
Give me a last long look at the lasses fair
And one last round of ale shields against the cold!

The drums they do beat and the wars do alarm
My captain calls so I must obey!
Farewell, farewell, to the ancient mountain's charms,
It is early in the morning, I am bound far away!

(Sung to the tune of "Farewell to Nova Scotia")

I have three brothers and they are at rest
Their arms are folded on their chests
But a poor adventurer such as I
Must be tossed and driven 'neath the cruel blue sky