Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Azkanan]

For Dwarf Fortress! It follows the rhythm of an old Irish Drinking song...

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Youtube Link

If anybody can pick it up, great. If not, I think it's pretty easy to learn. The first verse is just an introductory and doesn't follow the rhythm!

Additional;
Give me some more situations, and I'll see if I can double up the song.

Spoiler: First Version (click to show/hide)

Dwarves we am and dwarves we be,
drinkin and singin till dawn ye see,
down the chute, and out the flute,
till rocks our asses boot!

==========================
Start Singing Here (With the first verse)
==========================

A long time ago, way back before Dwarf Fort,
There was a smart young lad, with his little brother in toe,
They decided to settle down, and make a bunch of games,
Thank the son of a bitch that made our Tarn Adams!

We wanted to be a jeweller, a blacksmith or a ranger,
but then we realised we'd not enough danger,
We turned out backs and found a cavern that filled us up with beer,
Jolly ups and lots of silver filled us out of cheer!

The highest admin, the richest noble,
corrupt and callous they be,
set off a huge trouble, so make a plan did we,
led them to a room and locked them in tight,
against the magma they not a problem - nor did see a fight!

One... Two... Three... Four... Five...

We wanted to be a jeweller, a blacksmith or a ranger,
but then we realised we'd not enough danger,
We turned out backs and found a cavern that filled us up with beer,
Jolly ups and lots of silver filled us out of cheer!

Now...
Settled in and down we were,
not a problem a decade see,
Steel armours and steel weapons,
handled and ready,
unexpected was the charge,
A thousand yonders more,
A cross between a dog and plump helm, they be eye sore!

One... Two... Three... Four... Five...

We wanted to be a jeweller, a blacksmith or a ranger,
but then we realised we'd not enough danger,
We turned out backs and found a cavern that filled us up with beer,
Jolly ups and lots of silver filled us out of cheer!

Spoiler: Second Version (click to show/hide)

==========================
Start Singing Here (With the first verse)
==========================

In the trade depot, they wanted to make a trade,
the tree-hugging elves, this sent a few insane,
so we raised a heck of a hell, they crossed our moat'a bridge,
where we pulled on a lever and made them invisible oh a dorf tale to tell!

We wanted to craft an artifact; an artifact of gold,
but every time we tried we left it on the road,
So we settled down in a dwarven place called brokenbacks,
Which may of been a mistake, but hey we made a golden axe!

========================================

Spoiler: First Version Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Prechorus (not part of the song): An introduction to Dwarves
Verse One: A backstory to our heroes.
Chorus: The tale of why Dwarves take on expeditions
Verse Two: How to handle Nobles covert-style
Chorus: The tale of why Dwarves take on expeditions
Verse Three: A typical fort in DF2010.
Chorus: The tale of why Dwarves take on expeditions

Spoiler: Second Version Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Verse One: How to handle elven caravans.
Chorus: The tale of why Dwarves settle down

[inteuniso]

Nice.

EDIT: I take that back. One google search, and I found the youtube vid.

[Azkanan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5zXMokthgE

Edit;
Considering I write that with the tune in memory, that's damn pretty good xD

Edit2;
Give me some more situations, and I'll see if I can double up the song.

...Edit3;
I've added a ..."contents/spoiler" as a short explanation/title for each verse.

[Azkanan]

Nice.

EDIT: I take that back. One google search, and I found the youtube vid.

Mine is better ;-;... It's the one I have memorised, too (the one I has).

Yours sounds like an Irish Christian Camp ... Singing about beer.
...She has got some HUUUGE... uhh... Friends... Yes, friends. Not boo-*disconnected*

[Azkanan]

Aw come forth, nobody likes my song? ;-;

[Gidoran]

I actually tried to write a song to this tune yesterday, and I've got to say yours is better'n mine by a long shot.

[TigerPlushie]

I can't help it, but I feel like I've heard your name before...



Also, any dwarf up for a game of blood, sweat and tears?
(Guild Wars veterans might know this drinking game)

[Azkanan]

I can't help it, but I feel like I've heard your name before...

xSpore, Dippy. How could you forget me? 

[Chronas]

this i pretty awesome i must say -call me an elf but the lyrics of the original song were pretty bad.

[Azkanan]

this i pretty awesome i must say -call me an elf but the lyrics of the original song were pretty bad.

...Elf, you say?

COME ON, LADS!

In the trade depot, they wanted to make a trade,
the tree-hugging elves, this sent a few insane,
so we raised a heck of a hell, they crossed our moat'a bridge,
where we pulled on a lever and made them invisible oh a dorf tale to tell!

[Gamegeneral]

We came here long ago, just seven dwarves there be,
On our wooden cart from our great old home city.
We worked and sweat and struck the earth, we toiled all day long,
And then we fought and drank and fought s'more and sang a rousin' song!

We carved our stone and chopped our wood and forged our steel so hard
The wildlife was tough, (Unless ya cooked it all with lard)
Our mighty fortress, it shall stand, year after year,
And we're never goin' anywhere we'll all stay right here here here,
tiddly Here here here!

_{It takes a bit to get into the rhythm of it XD}