Feb 2022
By popular demand, demo file now enhanced with special goose effects!
this is a gaming song; came directly out of the D&D game I'm currently playing in, where we have a druid that follows "the way of the goose"...and she's brutal.
during the battle described here, our bard started extemporizing a ballad, and so I ran with it, and this is the result.
<verse 1>
[Am]the party ventured out toward the fog
[Em]seeking three historic relics
[D]defeated savage murder logs,
[Am]fighting bravely to their credit
[Am]valiant knights and rakish rogues
[Em]magic charismatic mystics
[D]a druid more than first she seems
[Am]her meek appearance hides a secret
[Am]set upon by kobolds, vicious beasts!
[Em]the heroes struggled to account
[D]they were bloodied and facing defeat
[Am]then a thunderous HONK rang out!
[Am]Gone the humble druid was
[Em]her gentle presence was cut loose
[D]called upon great nature's favor
[Am]and wild-shaped into a GOOSE!
[Am]much more than normal waterfowl
[Em]a dire goose was hatched
[D]large as a fearsome wolf it was
[Am]with claws and teeth to match!
<chorus>
[D]she charged to combat, rage unbound
[Am]she shook her beak and blood rained down
[D]enemies in their terror drowned
[Em]those present heard nary a sound
except the dreaded [Am]honking!
<verse 2>
[Am]Our heroes struggled to react
[Em]quite a shock it was to systems
[D]they'd never seen this druid trick
[Am]though they soon found their rhythm
[Am]snicker snack her beak did clack
[Em]her companions did rebound
[D]the kobolds broke, jaws laid slack
[Am]at the fearsome angry sound!
[Am]the foes dispersed, wounded or dead
[Em]two remained, stood their ground
[D]the goose lowered her gruesome head
[Am]and stared the vile beasts down
[Am]for but a moment all was still
[Em]both sides tense, anticipation
[D]the goose, she charged in for the kill
[Am]the beasts succumbed to decimation
<chorus>
[D]she charged to combat, rage unbound
[Am]she shook her beak and blood rained down
[D]enemies in their terror drowned
[Em]those present heard nary a sound
except the dreaded [Am]honking!
<verse 3>
[Am]please heed the warning of these words
[Em]appearances can be deceiving
[D]trust not what your eyes first infer
[Am]apparent safety can be fleeting
[Am]the small and meek hide multitudes
[Em]first impressions rarely stand
[D]what one initially concludes
can grow quickly out of hand
[Am]Listen carefully, dear travelers
[Em]keep to the right side of the path
[D]for those who violate the peace
[Am]risk drawing the dire goose's wrath
<chorus>
[D]she charged to combat, rage unbound
[Am]she shook her beak and blood rained down
[D]enemies in their terror drowned
[Em]those present heard nary a sound
except the dreaded [Am]honking!
@janeg Feb 2022
She only turns into a goose in dire straits, I guess. There were dire wolves so why not geese? Great story-telling.
@leslie Feb 2022
"...except the dreaded honking..." Bahaha :D I feel as though I may have missed something during my Celtic Studies degree... ;) This is hilarious.
@metricula Feb 2022
The seriousness of the delivery is so perfect for this kind of gaming song!!
HONK HONK
@the7thnight Feb 2022
I like your singing/speaking style. I didn't need to look at the lyrics at all because it was so clear. "The dreaded honking" made me grin!