tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7632984925247655977..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: ArrangementsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-70862346775469579612022-05-25T08:32:42.691-04:002022-05-25T08:32:42.691-04:00Sometimes, the arrangement is the thing.
https://...Sometimes, the arrangement is the thing. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PfrmCGFnkZachrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16081260898264733380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75030574621391849492022-05-23T16:36:28.583-04:002022-05-23T16:36:28.583-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thomas Doubtinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951821594252628709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-52588559183560253952022-05-23T15:57:59.883-04:002022-05-23T15:57:59.883-04:00Close to twenty-five years ago I met a former Navy...Close to twenty-five years ago I met a former Navy SEAL named Steve Robinson, who had been involved in the Navy's dolphin-training program during his time in service. He later went to Russia, having been taught Russian by the Navy, and became a blacksmith who was certified by the Russian guild. You can read about his efforts to out fake Navy SEALs here:<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/boast-busters-those-who-hunt-and-expose-fake-navy-seals-are-busier-than-ever/2011/06/08/AGQnsbTH_story.html<br /><br />Anyway, he was also a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. He wrote a version of this song that I learned from him in those long-ago days, and now present to you.<br /><br />"The Viking Fighting Man"<br />By Steve Robinson<br /><br />Many years ago when I was younger<br />Other men would look at me and say,<br />"You are such a puny little fellow,<br />How can you survive another day?"<br /><br />But then I learned to fight with shield and longsword,<br />To swing an axe and use a sharp spear too,<br />I'd split a warrior's skull from top to bottom,<br />And then before he fell I'd run him through.<br /><br />Chorus:<br />I am a fighting man, a Viking fighting man,<br />I drink and wench to pass the time away,<br />I live the life I choose<br />I fight and never lose!<br />I kill them all, and then I sail away.<br /><br />I sailed upon the seas with Viking warriors;<br />I learned to drink intoxicating brew.<br />I fought in foreign lands for gold and silver,<br />And soon I was a Viking warrior too.<br /><br />Chorus<br /><br />I took all my pleasures where they pleased me,<br />Wine and golden treasures, slaves who'd shriek,<br />I learned that women loved a Viking warrior<br />If he'd had a bath within the week.<br /><br />Chorus<br /><br />And now my twilight years they are upon me,<br />And my thinning hair is silver grey.<br />I look back upon my many battles,<br />I smile, and raise a glass, and I will say:<br /><br />I am a fighting man, A Viking fighting man,<br />I drank and wenched to pass the time away.<br />I lived the live I'd choose<br />I'd fight and never lose,<br />I killed them all... and then I sailed away.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com