Slimebag at the Red Foam Ruins (Irish Klingon Pirate Shanty)

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Title: Slimebag at the Red Foam Ruins (Irish Klingon Pirate Shanty)

[Intro]
Red-foam ruin doors slam.
Spill the ship’s gin.
Spill the ship’s band.
Spill the ledger.
Now spill it again.

[Verse 1 - Male Vocal]
Well the council came to order
On a rusted tidal side,
Where the peat smoke kissed the rafters
And the bulkheads groaned and lied.
Someone snarled, “We’ve got a code-word,”
Someone snarled, “We’ve got decor,”
And the slimebag lit the lantern
Over bat’leths on the floor.

[Verse 2 - Female Vocal]
Now the first blade dripped of moonshine,
The second dripped of bile,
The third one kept on heckling
With a cracked and crooked smile.
But that old long sword looked battle-scarred,
Like it knew this deck before,
So the slimebag grinned and counted
All three bat’leths and a sword.

[Chorus - All]
The slimebag ruled the hold
With three bat’leths and a sword,
Filed the blackmail, checked the rum chits,
Then it spat upon the board.
There was one for bloody boarding,
Two for keeping score,
But the plan roared ungovernable
With three bat’leths and a sword.

[Verse 3 - Male Vocal]
We appointed a tribunal
For the broken river guide,
And the quartermaster cackled,
“Hoy, the void is on our side!”
There were curses in the margins,
There were stains across the door,
And a chair-shaped bit of chaos
Kicked three bat’leths and a sword.

[Verse 4 - Female Vocal]
Now the bouzouki called the riot
And the fiddle screamed the vote,
While the bassman smudged the statutes
On a smoke-soaked cargo note.
The washboard scraped the ceiling,
The whistle begged for more,
As the slimebag kept on dealing
With three bat’leths and a sword.

[Bridge - Vaudeville Call and Response]
Male: Who revoked the law?
Female: Burned every port!
Male: Who cut the ropes?
Female: Dirty and short!
Male: Who raised the bat’leths?
Female: Hear the roar!
All: And who sanctified the sword?

[Instrumental Break]
Frenzied whistle reel meltdown.
Bouzouki knife-fight chase.
Fiddle shriek.
Washboard stampede.
Big blown-out bass broadside.

[Verse 5 - Male Vocal]
By the bend below the smoke stacks
Where the red foam kissed the chrome,
That slimebag sat there plotting
Out a lawless pirate home.
It had wild oaths, loud disruption,
And a busted swinging door,
Just a current of insurrection
With three bat’leths and a sword.

[Verse 6 - Female Vocal]
So we drafted up a doctrine
On a bar rag, rank and free:
“When a slimebag starts to dream of drift,
Cut loose the policy.”
Then the river coughed and shuddered,
Rust stars began to soar,
And the council died at nightfall
On three bat’leths and a sword.

[Final Chorus - All]
The slimebag ruled the hold
With three bat’leths and a sword,
Filed the blackmail, checked the rum chits,
Then it spat upon the board.
There was one for bloody boarding,
Two for keeping score,
But the plan roared ungovernable
With three bat’leths and a sword.

[Outro - All]
One bat’leth for the blackmail,
One bat’leth for the score,
One bat’leth for the crooked plan,
And one cursed sword.
The slimebag held court,
With a savage tavern core,
Just a hemorrhaged little meeting
With three bat’leths and a sword.

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Title: Slimebag at the Red Foam Ruins (Irish Klingon Pirate Shanty) [Intro] Red-foam ruin doors slam. Spill the ship’s gin. Spill the ship’s band. Spill the ledger. Now spill it again. [Verse 1 - Male Vocal] Well the council came to order On a rusted tidal side, Where the peat smoke kissed the rafters And the bulkheads groaned and lied. Someone snarled, “We’ve got a code-word,” Someone snarled, “We’ve got decor,” And the slimebag lit the lantern Over bat’leths on the floor. [Verse 2 - Female Vocal] Now the first blade dripped of moonshine, The second dripped of bile, The third one kept on heckling With a cracked and crooked smile. But that old long sword looked battle-scarred, Like it knew this deck before, So the slimebag grinned and counted All three bat’leths and a sword. [Chorus - All] The slimebag ruled the hold With three bat’leths and a sword, Filed the blackmail, checked the rum chits, Then it spat upon the board. There was one for bloody boarding, Two for keeping score, But the plan roared ungovernable With three bat’leths and a sword. [Verse 3 - Male Vocal] We appointed a tribunal For the broken river guide, And the quartermaster cackled, “Hoy, the void is on our side!” There were curses in the margins, There were stains across the door, And a chair-shaped bit of chaos Kicked three bat’leths and a sword. [Verse 4 - Female Vocal] Now the bouzouki called the riot And the fiddle screamed the vote, While the bassman smudged the statutes On a smoke-soaked cargo note. The washboard scraped the ceiling, The whistle begged for more, As the slimebag kept on dealing With three bat’leths and a sword. [Chorus - All] The slimebag ruled the hold With three bat’leths and a sword, Filed the blackmail, checked the rum chits, Then it spat upon the board. There was one for bloody boarding, Two for keeping score, But the plan roared ungovernable With three bat’leths and a sword. [Bridge - Vaudeville Call and Response] Male: Who revoked the law? Female: Burned every port! Male: Who cut the ropes? Female: Dirty and short! Male: Who raised the bat’leths? Female: Hear the roar! All: And who sanctified the sword? [Instrumental Break] Frenzied whistle reel meltdown. Bouzouki knife-fight chase. Fiddle shriek. Washboard stampede. Big blown-out bass broadside. [Verse 5 - Male Vocal] By the bend below the smoke stacks Where the red foam kissed the chrome, That slimebag sat there plotting Out a lawless pirate home. It had wild oaths, loud disruption, And a busted swinging door, Just a current of insurrection With three bat’leths and a sword. [Verse 6 - Female Vocal] So we drafted up a doctrine On a bar rag, rank and free: “When a slimebag starts to dream of drift, Cut loose the policy.” Then the river coughed and shuddered, Rust stars began to soar, And the council died at nightfall On three bat’leths and a sword. [Final Chorus - All] The slimebag ruled the hold With three bat’leths and a sword, Filed the blackmail, checked the rum chits, Then it spat upon the board. There was one for bloody boarding, Two for keeping score, But the plan roared ungovernable With three bat’leths and a sword. [Outro - All] One bat’leth for the blackmail, One bat’leth for the score, One bat’leth for the crooked plan, And one cursed sword. The slimebag held court, With a savage tavern core, Just a hemorrhaged little meeting With three bat’leths and a sword.

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