For your holiday listening pleasure. The Faithful Sidekicks do it again. đ
For space is wide and good friends are too few.
For your holiday listening pleasure. The Faithful Sidekicks do it again. đ
To the tune of âThe Mermaidâ
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It was Wednesday morn when we engaged
Boldly going places man has never known
When up on the Bridge, they spied a Romulan ship
Far away from the Neutral Zone
Chorus:
And the planets they do roll, And the distant stars they glow
And we poor Ensigns are running round the ship
While civilians they lie down below (below, below)
While civilians they lie down below
Up spoke Number One of the Enterprise
And he was a handsome bearded man
He straddled a chair with his very long legs
And said, âCaptain do we have a plan?”
Chorus
Up spoke the Captain of the Enterprise
And a well-spoken man was he
“I donât want to tangle with the Romulans,
I would rather drink my hot Earl Grey tea!”
Chorus
Up spoke the doctor of the Enterprise
She was a strong willed woman in blue
She said, “Captain come on, you have to run this ship
All the crew is depending on you!”
Chorus
Up spoke Lt. Commander of the Enterprise
And a curious android was he
“Can someone please explain why this Romulan ship
Has decided to break the treaty?”
Chorus
Up spoke the pilot of the Enterprise
And a nerdy little genius was he
He said, “I think that we should⌔
“Shut up Wesley!!”
Chorus
Up spoke the engineer of the Enterprise
And his visor was really high-tech
“I hope that this conflict doesnât take that long
Iâve a date waiting on the holodeck.”
Chorus
Up spoke the counselor of the Enterprise
And a very pretty empath was she
“Thereâs a Romulan vessel outside of this ship
And I sense the Romulans are angry”
Chorus
Up spoke Security on the Enterprise
And a very moody Klingon was he
He saidâ
“Klingons do not sing space shanties.”
Chorus X2
Sun of Vulcan grant that I may be restored
I do not seek nor understand, what I am fighting for
Have you always wanted to hear a heartfelt song about Pon Farr? Would you like some genuine, vintage, archival quality Spirk content? Yes, yes you would.
âSun of Vulcan,â by Debra F. Sanders & Cynthia McQuillin
Lyrics below the cut, since theyâre not readily available online. Thanks to @aaaaaicantthinkofaname for the transcription!
Read moreSun of Vulcan – Debra F. Sanders & Cynthia McQuillin
Sevenâs my favourite daughter
I know whatâs best
I will protect her
You and your kind
Will be slaughtered
If you stand in the way
Of my favourite daughter
âFavourite Daughterâ by Leslie Hudson, a chilling duet for Janeway and the Borg Queen. I got to see Leslie Hudson perform this live with Dr. Mary Crowell, and it was amazing.
âTribblesâ by Julia Ecklar, a heartfelt lament from our dear Captain of the Enterprise.
Lyrics, chords, and sheet music are included in the Traveller Songbook, which is available for free download from Prometheus Music as a scanned PDF.
I got the replicator malfunction blues
It messes up whatever I choose
Chief come and fix it and donât be late
We never had this trouble on Deep Space 8
Itâs driving me crazy, and Iâm losing weight
And I got those replicator malfunction blues
âReplicator Malfunction Bluesâ by Chris Conway, a song about the trials of living on a certain space station.
Lyrics available on the Deep Space Love CD page (scroll halfway down the page to get to the lyrics section).
(And yeah, I know it was forever ago, sorry weâre bad at answering messages!)
Tumblr managed to eat your ask as I was replying to it, but the gist of it was that you were wondering if we had the lyrics to âFarewell Mother Russiaâ by Debra Sanders and Kathy Mar, since you couldnât find them anywhere, and couldnât hear all the words in the recording on YouTube.
I havenât been able to find any lyrics online – Iâm sure theyâre written down in a songbook somewhere, but wherever it is, it hasnât been digitized or transcribed. (If anyone does have the lyrics lying around somewhere, please let us know!)
That said, I was able to transcribe most of the words from the online recording. Thereâs just one word in the chorus I canât quite catch â if anyone knows what it is, or has any corrections to my transcription, absolutely chime in!
[ETA: correct line provided by @sci-fantasy]
I am the navigator of the Starship Enterprise,
And I am honor-bound by oath to guide her through the skies,
But greater than that honor is the pleasure that I feel
Each time I stop to realize that all my dreams are real.[chorus:]
Farewell Mother Russia, I rise to meet the stars
And take my balalaika song beyond the moon and mars,
Though somewhere Mother Russia is white with winter snows,
I help to forge that starry trail, and go where no man goes.Oh I have seen an entity who tortured me with rage,
And I have known an alien plague that cursed young men with age,
But Iâve discovered joys as well, and made a friend or two,
Drunk vodka, yes, and told some tales when every trek was through.[chorus]
Forgive me sweet Irina, I never learned to love,
My eyes were always turned toward the starry skies above,
But if I had another chance to do what I must do,
Beside me on the Enterprise would be no one but you.[chorus]
Trills, they want to have fun!
Trills just want to have fun!
When her shift in Ops is done
Trills just want to have fun.Â
âTrills Just Want To Have Funâ by Jeff and Maya Bohnoff, a song for Jadzia Dax.
As I boldly go, against our foes, my red shirt is my glory,
But If I should die, hold your head high and tell them all my storyÂ
âRed Shirtâs Prayerâ by the PDX Broadsides, a song for the unsung heros of the Star Trek universe.
Iâm a Next Gen girl
And I know my place
Is on the bridge of the Enterprise D
I need an android and a Betazoid
And a smattering of humanoids
Uh huh, to satisfy me
So when a Vulcan uses contractions
And there are multiple uniform infractions
I gotta remind myself that Iâm a Next Gen girl
An alien in an Original worldÂ
âNext Gen Girl,â a declaration of loyalty from Leslie Hudson. She explains:
I grew up immersed in TNG and dabbling in the rest of Trek. When I finally started watching TOS as a series I felt it necessary to declare my bias. I may love it all, but TNG is mine forever.