Feb 2022 storycube challenge fuc
This was written for the Story Cube challenge.
My words and actions were as follows:
"a pirate, an emergency light,
someone sweating, a hatchet,
and the action was someone laying bricks."
P.S. Scots FAWMers, please forgive my "cultural appropriation" of your accent.
(F) Oh for the life of a (C) pirate
(G) Out on the high (C) seas
(F) Surely you can ad(C)mire it
So (G) limitless and free
Seeking (F) booty and ad(C)venture
In a (G) Caribbean (C) breeze
Beats (G) laying bricks in Auld Reekie
In (F) minus (G) ten deg(C)rees
(G) So bloody cold you can watch it
Freeze the (F) string on your plumb (C) bob
(G) Chopping ice with a hatchet
(Am) Just to get on with the (G) job
I (F) wouldn't mind but its (C) piecework
The (G) gaffer counts the (C) bricks
And (G) security? Ach you're joking
We're out (Am) fast as ready (G) mix
CHORUS
(G) Despite the cold I'm sweating
It's (F) pouring down my (C) back
It'll (G) turn to ice I'm betting
When it (Am) gets to my butt (G) crack
(F) Ach, that's the gene(C)rator stuffed
We'll (G) need an emergency (C) light
If the (G) gas heaters pack in
We'll be (Am) dead from the frost(G)bite
CHORUS
(G) OK, your pirate's a baddie
From the (F) viewpoint of the (C) law
But (G) can you tell me, laddie
Just (Am) what we're living (G) for?
We (F) barely earn eno(C)ugh here
To (G) get to the end of the (C) week
(G) All that's left's my dreaming
Aye, we're (Am) right up the bloody (G) creek
CHORUS
@gubna Apr 2022
I like this, especially the part about seeking booty, and I can hear a whole ship full of pirates singing it as they sail along.
The first song I wrote for FAWM 2018, my first year, was a song called Bricklayer!
@nancycunning Mar 2022
Oh, I love this. What a great story song. It reminds me a little of what I love about that song about everything that’s wrong with the west, except that it’s not the east, and at least the singer is free.
I found I thought in the end this was all the vibrant dream of the bricklayer. Oh and right, the title reinforces that. But it’s so vivid he believes it himself. Great writing and singing and playing. Next year I want to do a story cube challenge.
@p3t3h4rv3y Feb 2022
avast behind!
pirate - admire-it, a master lyricist at work!
keep up the excellent work
@lifewithtomcat Feb 2022
I am a child, giggling every time you sing "seeking booty" - nevermind your plumb bob and your butt crack - I'll give myself a time out
@jcooper Feb 2022
Ah. This is fantastic! Absolutely delightful
@darcistrutt Feb 2022
Wonderful use of the storycube roll! The lyric and delivery made me smile until my face hurt! I love the ukulele!
@jtsteam Feb 2022
This is fun! And rhyming "pirate / admire it" is wonderful.
I'm merely a naturalised Scot (I'd have my passport if we were independent...) but I still think your accent was marvellous here. I'm enjoying your output!
@sheilerk Feb 2022
This hits all of the sweet spots for me. Pirates, a sea shanty, your jaunty ukulele, and your great voice in a Scottish accent, clever lyrics and rhymes, and even a bit of social commentary. What more could anyone ask for?!! And you rocked the story cube challenge! I still need to get to mine. Suffice it to say I love this!!!
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
coming out of the gate with a terrific rhyme (pirate / admire it) and tearing off a string of potent verses, this is a pirate song for the ages. feels like it was written by a real pirate.
@billwhite51 Feb 2022
coming out of the gate with a terrific rhyme (pirate / admire it) and tearing off a string of potent verses, this is a pirate song for the ages. feels like it was written by a real pirate.
@emkaydeebee Feb 2022
Ha ha, well as fake Scottish accents gae, this one nae half bad, ye ken? Great lyrics, brilliant delivery! Especially love the last verse!
@mattwdunn Feb 2022
Great melody and your lyrics are always so interesting. Love it
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Great use of your story cube words- spinning them into an interesting coherent story! Catchy chorus and great sea shanty feel.