----------------------- NDC BINGO 2026 Genre: Delta Blues Theme: Dark Ages ----------------------- Y'all gather close... Reckon ol' Time done changed his britches... (Yessuh...) Yet da King's collector still rideth... (Lawwwd...) 'Tis a dark age we be livin' in, I tell ye wuut! (Mercyyyy...) Da castle growed windows o' mirrored glass, yessuh... Da peasants plow ledgers 'stead o' fields, page by page... Da wheat done turned ta paychecks... da bread turned ta dough... (Mm-hmm...) Lawwwwwd... Them crowns be polished with sweat not gold! Da moat be paperwork... paperwork... paperwork... Da drawbridge lifteth fer common folk? Nay! (Heh!) Da poor pei taxez... Da rich pei accountantz... Da verri rich pei laawyerz... Da supah rich... buyeth da King's own pen! (Tell 'em!) Lawwwwwd... Ink be sharper than any sword! Tis a DARK age! DARK age! I tell ye wuuuut! Da poor pei taxez... (Hey!) Da rich pei accountantz... (Hey!) Da verri rich pei laawyerz... (Hey!) Da supah rich... buyeth da King's own pen! (Tell 'em!) Lawwwwwd... Ink be sharper than any sword! Tis a DARK age! DARK age! I tell ye wuuuut! Da poor pei taxez! (Hey!) Da rich pei accountantz! (Hey!) Da verri rich pei laawyerz! (Hey!) Da supah rich pei politicianz! (Lawwwd have mercy!) Round an' round dat wagon wheel... Round an' round dat gilded crown... Round an' round... Yet da mule still pullin'! (Yessuh!) Funny thing, neighbor... Ain't nobody never seed da King... Only tax collectors... Only messengers... Only smiling scribes... Lawwwwwd... Mayhap da throne been empty all along... Reckon... What if dragons ne'er died... What if dey merely changed dere names? Debt... Interest... Collection... Lawwwwwd... Same fire... Different scales... Tis a DARK age! DARK age I tell ye WUUUUT! Da poor pei taxez! (Hey!) Da rich pei accountantz! (Hey!) Da verri rich pei laawjyrz! (Hey!) Da supah rich pei politicianz! (Lawwwd!) Round goes da mill... Round goes da wheel... Round goes da kingdom... Still grindin' us down... Tell 'em now! Tell 'em now! Tell 'em now! Tell 'em NOW!! Reckon... We never did leave... Da Dark Ages... We merely gave 'em... Better tailorin'... Lawwwwwd...
