Yo Ho Ho

Fifteen elves on a dead orc's chest,
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
Blasts from the Mage had done for the rest,
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
The squire was brained by an ankhar's spike,
The Martyr pinned by her aide's own pike,
The archer's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers eight;
And there they lay, all cold dead weight
Like break of day by the boozer's gate
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.

Fifteen elves of the company's list
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist!
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
The paladin lay with his nob in gore
Where the hacker's axe his cheek had shore
And the zealot she was stabbed times four
And there they lay, and the soggy skies
Dripped down in up-staring eyes
In murk sunset and foul sunrise
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.


Fifteen elves all stiff and stark
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
All of them had the Immortal mark,
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
Twas a crusher's blow or a slash to the head
Or a yawning hole in a chest gone dead
And the ground were covered with a rotting red
And there they lay, where they'd been slain,
When they fought over this forsaken terrain,
Now only the losers here remain,
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.

Fifteen elves and the horses, too
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
Nothing our faith healer now could do
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
Fight for the glory, or fight for your lord,
Grab your shield and swing your sword,
When next you see the slobbering horde.
For they all were there that followed the banner
With sightless glare and lifeless manner
The trophy of a careless planner
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.

Fifteen elves on a dead orc's chest
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
Blasts from the Mage had done for the rest,
Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.
We built the platforms high and straight,
To hold the bodies while the souls met Fate,
The best we could do, we arrived too late.
We wrapped 'em all in leather tight,
And hoisted them up and out of sight,
With orc left down where vermine bite.
With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well,
And off we marched on a road to Hell,
And we'll all be together, after a spell...


Yo ho ho and a skin of wine.

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