Songs

Songs
The Troubled Troubadour	I Fought Evil And The Law Won
The Durable Dwarf	Fearsome Fairy
The Wayward Wayfinder	A Muffin Unmade
The Slimy Sorcerer
The Halfling Homemaker
The Dagger Man (or... Some Like It Short)

These are songs composed by the bard Raef Larksong to immortalize himself, his traveling companions, and their adventures. It should be noted that the "Slimy Sorcerer" is actually a wizard, but Raef isn't above taking a little poetic license when it comes to alliteration. The wizard is at least slimy. And besides, who are people going to listen to, the immortal bard or the ugly guy in the corner coated in some acidic goop that the bard is singing about at the time?

He's still looking for a better title than "The Dagger Man," but isn't really that worried about immortalizing his erstwhile acquaintance just yet.

The Troubled Troubadour by Raef Larksong
I am a troubled trobadour, and that's my claim to fame I was born on an ill-fated sailing ship upon the raging main My parents were washed overboard by wind and pounding rain And the ship was beached near Endin, whose location gave it name Chorus: So sit down and have a pint and listen to my tale Of wanderings and ponderings, meandering without fail Throughout a land in shadows cast by moonlight ever pale Only the Troubled Troubadour would follow such a trail I was raised by townsfolk and I learned some honest trades But then I met with scoundrels and learned other things that paid By stealth, by song, by fights and flights are tales for taverns made So I struck out to make my mark and hoped it wouldn't fade Chorus The world was cold and bitter and my luck was really bad I was kicked out of the only home I ever had Still the circumstances didn't make me all that sad For what good's a foster home to any wanderin' lad Chorus Now I'm the Troubled Troubadour, and danger is the game Trouble is my life now and that's where I got my name Never shall I walk the easy path to honest fame Only strife and problems mark the way from which I came Chorus

The Troubled Troubadour
by Raef Larksong

I am a troubled trobadour, and that's my claim to fame
I was born on an ill-fated sailing ship upon the raging main
My parents were washed overboard by wind and pounding rain
And the ship was beached near Endin, whose location gave it name

Chorus:
So sit down and have a pint and listen to my tale
Of wanderings and ponderings, meandering without fail
Throughout a land in shadows cast by moonlight ever pale
Only the Troubled Troubadour would follow such a trail

I was raised by townsfolk and I learned some honest trades
But then I met with scoundrels and learned other things that paid
By stealth, by song, by fights and flights are tales for taverns made
So I struck out to make my mark and hoped it wouldn't fade

Chorus

The world was cold and bitter and my luck was really bad
I was kicked out of the only home I ever had
Still the circumstances didn't make me all that sad
For what good's a foster home to any wanderin' lad

Chorus

Now I'm the Troubled Troubadour, and danger is the game
Trouble is my life now and that's where I got my name
Never shall I walk the easy path to honest fame
Only strife and problems mark the way from which I came

Chorus

The Durable Dwarf by Raef Larksong
Come dwarven kin, both strong and stout, and listen now to me About that dwarven warrior whose rage runs fast and free I'll tell you of his stalwart heart, his courage brave and true And details of his wanderings, both of the old and new Chorus: From dungeons deep and mountains high to the local barroom brawl No foe can topple, fell or maim the most durable dwarf of all Even the stoutest, sternest dwarves in all of Durin's kin Might not survive the scrapes and such our hero has been in Undead and vermin, orcs and bandits all have tried their best To fell this dwarf or even pierce his adamantite chest Chorus So if you're in the mood today to lose a buffet game Or if you think that you're the force no foe could ever tame Be ready now to hit a wall as hard as Durin's crown This dwarf was forged of steel and stone and cannot be brought down Chorus

The Durable Dwarf
by Raef Larksong

Come dwarven kin, both strong and stout, and listen now to me
About that dwarven warrior whose rage runs fast and free
I'll tell you of his stalwart heart, his courage brave and true
And details of his wanderings, both of the old and new

Chorus:
From dungeons deep and mountains high to the local barroom brawl
No foe can topple, fell or maim the most durable dwarf of all

Even the stoutest, sternest dwarves in all of Durin's kin
Might not survive the scrapes and such our hero has been in
Undead and vermin, orcs and bandits all have tried their best
To fell this dwarf or even pierce his adamantite chest

Chorus

So if you're in the mood today to lose a buffet game
Or if you think that you're the force no foe could ever tame
Be ready now to hit a wall as hard as Durin's crown
This dwarf was forged of steel and stone and cannot be brought down

Chorus

The Wayward Wayfinder by Raef Larksong
Where the valley meets the mountain and the way is hard to find There a sharp-eyed elven maiden reads the signs you've left behind Chorus: It takes minutes, sometimes hours, to find a track of any kind But she'll find you in the end, though she gets there days behind If in the dark you crossed the river without touching one stone She'll read your mark upon the water as if it were a light that shone Chorus You can't lose her, you can't fool her, all that you have left is time She'll eventually find your cellar however high she has to climb Chorus

The Wayward Wayfinder
by Raef Larksong

Where the valley meets the mountain and the way is hard to find
There a sharp-eyed elven maiden reads the signs you've left behind

Chorus:
It takes minutes, sometimes hours, to find a track of any kind
But she'll find you in the end, though she gets there days behind

If in the dark you crossed the river without touching one stone
She'll read your mark upon the water as if it were a light that shone

Chorus

You can't lose her, you can't fool her, all that you have left is time
She'll eventually find your cellar however high she has to climb

Chorus

The Slimy Sorcerer by Raef Larksong

The Halfling Homemaker by Raef Larksong

The Dagger Man (or... Some Like It Short) by Raef Larksong