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Traveller's Blessing
05:07
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Pilgrim, the world stretches yonder
Full of romance and wonder
Full of heartbreak and splendour.
Go, and may no foes surround you
Feral Titans not hound you
May no peril confound you.
And, though your pawprints lead far away from here
As lost in the wild realms you roam
Still, may you hear the call of the fireside
Still, may your journey bring you home.
Pilgrim, you forge every onward
Cut your path through the wild woods
Pass unseen and unheard.
Go, and may fair Fortune guide you
Lady Luck walk beside you
From Gods’ bright-burning eyes hide you.
And, though the winter storm blows you far off course
Adrift on the ever-changing Song
Still may the summer breeze see you find your tune
The cadence that falls where you belong.
And, though your pawprints lead far away from here
As lost in the wild realms you roam
Still, may your long road show you your own true heart
Until at last you turn to home.
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Rat-Tailed Rover
02:20
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Friends, Rodents, Countrymice, prick up your ears
And attend to this ditty of mine
And if it should please you to buy me a beer
Then I’ll sing you a song sweet as wine
I’ve roamed this world over, a rat-tailed rover
A scholar of poem and song
So buy me an ale, and I’ll spin you a tale
For tomorrow, I’m roving along
I’ve crossed the great waters, I’ve wooed sons and daughters
Of rat-kings and vole-counts galore
But leave ‘em I must, for I’m slave to my wanderlust
Shipping my songs shore to shore
I’ve roamed this world over, a rat-tailed rover
A scholar of poem and song
So buy me an ale, and I’ll spin you a tale
For tomorrow, I’m roving along
And I’ll share for a florin the Horned Rats of Corinth’s dance
Learned from an aged Rhatsode
As they danced Bacchanals by the Isthmus canal
To the strain of the Dorian mode
I’ve roamed this world over, a rat-tailed rover
A scholar of poem and song
So buy me an ale, and I’ll spin you a tale
For tomorrow, I’m roving along
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The Needle Knight
02:00
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It’s of a mouse named Leo
And his chivalrous acts so brave:
A Titan-slayer, bold and valiant
Equal to any foe who’d challenge
His God-forged needle blade.
The Thimble Guard at Solhill
In a desperate fight were locked:
The shrew defences overrun
And the captain’s strategies all undone
By Ironfang the fox.
Death stalked the town
Solhill braced for the end
As the fox closed for the kill
And Leo took the field
He’d not back down
For a Thimble Knight’s sworn
Every life to defend!
Here’s health to brave Sir Leo
And his miracle blade so bright:
Where evil prowled and danger beckoned
He’s sent that monster back to heaven
With a needle through the eye!
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Pilgrim, the world stretches yonder
Full of romance and wonder
Full of heartbreak and splendour.
Go, and may no foes surround you
Feral Titans not hound you
May no peril confound you.
And, though your pawprints lead far away from here
As lost in the wild realms you roam
Still, may you hear the call of the fireside
Still, may your journey bring you home.
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