Text & Melody: James Newton HowardListen: https://youtu.be/F3hTW9e20d8 Are you, are you comin’ to the tree?Where they strung up a man, they say who murdered threeStrange things did happen here, no stranger would it beIf we met at midnight in the hanging tree Are you, are you comin’ to the treeWhere dead man called out forTill låt →
Category: Outlandish songs
The Wild Rover
Text & Melody: Trad.Listen: https://youtu.be/_jgd07Ica5s?t=16 I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the yearAnd I’ve spent all me money on whiskey and beerBut now I’m returning with gold in great storeAnd I never will play the wild rover no more And it’s no, nay, neverNo, nay never no moreWill I play the wild roverNo neverTill låt →
Touch The Sky
Text & Melody: Julie FowlisListen: https://youtu.be/k-RcmWV7InU When the cold wind is a-callingAnd the sky is clear and brightMisty mountains sing and beckonLead me out into the light I will ride, I will flyChase the wind and touch the skyI will flyChase the wind and touch the sky Where dark woods hide secretAnd mountains are fierceTill låt →
Seven Drunken Nights
Text & Melody: Trad.Listen: https://youtu.be/cchYgXE6PiA As I went home on Monday night as drunk as drunk could beI saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should beWell, I called me wife and I said to her, “Will you kindly tell to me”“Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horseTill låt →
A Walking Song (Pippin’s song)
Text: J.R.R. TolkienListen: https://youtu.be/sGU4n2HsdGk?t=4 Upon the hearth the fire is red,Beneath the roof there is a bed;But not yet weary are our feet,Still round the corner we may meetA sudden tree or standing stoneThat none have seen but we alone.Tree and flower and leaf and grass,Let them pass! Let them pass!Hill and water under sky,PassTill låt →
The Wellerman
Text & Melody: Trad.Listen: https://youtu.be/qP-7GNoDJ5c There once was a ship that put to seaThe name of the ship was the Billy of TeaThe winds blew up, her bow dipped downO blow, my bully boys, blow Soon may the Wellerman comeTo bring us sugar and tea and rumOne day, when the tonguin’ is doneWe’ll take ourTill låt →
Toss a Coin to your Witcher
Text: Jenny KleinMelody: Sonya Belousova, Giona OstinelliListen: https://youtu.be/U9OQAySv184 When a humble bardGraced a ride alongWith Geralt of RiviaAlong came this song From when the White Wolf foughtA silver-tongued devilHis army of elvesAt his hooves did they revel They came after meWith masterful deceitBroke down my luteAnd they kicked in my teeth While the devil’s hornsMincedTill låt →
Row me Bully Boys
Text & Melody: Alan Thomas DoyleListen: https://youtu.be/wf-4vexIOqc And it’s row me bully boysWe’re in a hurry boysWe got a long way to goAnd we’ll sing and we’ll danceAnd bid farewell to FranceAnd it’s row me bully boys row I’ll sing you a song, it’s a song of the seaRow me bully boys rowI’ll sing youTill låt →
The Rains of Castamere
Text: George R. R. MartinListen: https://youtu.be/vU8eL2CjzHw And who are you, the proud lord said,that I must bow so low?Only a cat of a different coat,that’s all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red,a lion still has claws,And mine are long and sharp, my lord,as long and sharp asTill låt →
The Parting Glass
Text & Melody: Trad.Listen: https://youtu.be/qMkQExuzL_0 Oh all the money that e’er I spentI spent it in good companyAnd all the harm that e’er I’ve doneAlas, it was to none but me And all I’ve done for want of witTo memory now I can’t recallSo fill to me the parting glassGood night and joy be withTill låt →