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Come All You Knights – Technical Difficulties

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(Am)Come you knights and come you pilots
(G)With your ships and sabers shining
(Am)Come and stop your (F)children’s crying
(Am)Come and join the (G)Jedi (Am)Queen
(Am)Come with might and come with glory
(G)Set your dreams and wings a-soaring
(Am)Hear the ancient (F)hidden story
(Am)Come and join the (G)Jedi (Am)Queen
(Am)Heard the tales the Empire spread, (G)told you rebels couldn’t (Am)win
(Am)So you locked your(F)doors before them, (Am)made your courage (G)battered, (Am)thin
(Am)Promised you the traitor’s land, (G)wealth and power in your (Am)house
(Am)You don’t even (F)have to fight, (Am)all you do is (G)watch them (Am)die
(Am)Never ask the dangerous questions, (G)such as why you’re off to (Am)war
(Am)Yours is but to (F)follow generals, (Am)going where the (G)trumpets (Am)blow
Chorus
In the battle fought the axis, saw a pilot as he died
Looked into the shattered cockpit, heard my soul in torment cry
For the first time since I started, for the first time in my life
Looked into the enemy’s eye, found that they were just like mine
 Lived with evil for so long now, had forgotten and truth and right
Knew my time had come and somehow found a way to join their fight
Chorus
Lying in a blasted tomb with a full moon in my eyes
Had no hope that help was coming, when a flash lit up the skies
Thought it was a battle starship, thought that soon we all would die
Heard the word the emperor promised, knew right then it for a lie
Saw the rebel starships coming, being led by the chosen one
Evil forces lost that morning and a new day has begun
Chorus
“Come You Knights,” by Sheila Willis, performed by Technical Difficulties at the 1986 Worldcon
You might notice that some of the lyrics above are wrong.  If you do, please tell me.  I transcribed them, and am very unsure about a lot of them.  I haven’t been able to find them written anywhere.  And I know nothing about Star Wars so I don’t know if anything makes no sense in context.  But this song must be good, because I really like it anyway.  Thanks to sci-fantasy for correcting a line, and pointing out that it’s sometimes sung as “Rebel Queen” rather than “Jedi Queen.”  According to people in YouTube comments, it’s also sometimes “rebel fleet,” so.  Take your pick.
Bob Kanefsy’s parody of it is also fantastic, as Bob Kanefsy’s parodies often are (and it’s how I have the chords for this).

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

The March of Cambreadth – Heather Alexander

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(Am)Axes flash, (G)broadsword (Am)swing,
(Am)Shining (G)armour’s (F)piercing (Am)ring
Horses run with (G)polished (Am)shield,
Fight those bastards (G)till they (Am)yield
Midnight mare and (G)blood red roan,
(Am)Fight to (G)keep this (F)land your (Am)own
Sound the horn and (G)call the cry,
(Am)How many of (G)them can (F)we make (Am)die!

“The March of Cambreadth,” by Heather Alexander

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

They're Made Out of Meat – Kathleen Sloan

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“Meat,” by Kathleen Sloan, based on the short story by the same name by Terry Bisson, performed by Kathleen Sloan and somebody whose name I don’t know who has been identified as probably Paul Kwinn by vagabondviolet at the 2014 Pegasus Awards concert, with sign language interpretation by Judi Miller.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Added to the Music Masterlist

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fuckyeahfilk:

askmiddlearth:

Tons of you have been helping build up the Masterlist of Songs Inspired by Tolkien – thank you so much to everyone who’s sent in links to new songs! I’ve still got lots more to add (including all of The Tolkien Ensemble, yikes), but here’s the songs that were recently added:

Remember, if you’ve got more to add, please let me know – and include a link with your suggestion!!! (otherwise it will not be added)

Likely of interest to my followers!

And mine, though they’re probably more or less the same people.

Pretty in Scarlet – Murder Ballads

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animatedamerican:

theactualcluegirl:

So guess what’s available for purchase today!
Go on, guess!
(Have you guessed yet? No? Okay, I’ll tell you.)
It’s that album I’ve been banging on about for like a damned year now, is what! It’s available for download on Bandcamp as of this morning, and that means that if you want to stream the whole thing before you pay a cent for it, you totally can.
Obviously, we’re hoping you like it enough to pay for it, but hey, at least this way you know what you’ll be getting. (Among other things, your own copy of The Ballad of Captain America’s Disapproving Face, which a few people have mentioned wanting…)
So here it is! Go have a listen, and if you like what you hear, please shill the site — we’ve put a lot of work into this one, we’re proud of it, and we really want to share it with the world.
Listen/purchase: Pretty in Scarlet by Murder Ballads

Check it out, nerdy music lovers!