If on you tube, and you like a bit of history, check out "The Captain and the Queen" and "Northwest Passage". Both are pretty good songs.

The NWP might be one that one could adapt to some sort of early exploration ("The Riftspan Passage"?).  The other describes how a working sail-driven fishing boat beat a lot of expensive racing yachts... and looked good doing it. I could see something similar being an interesting bit of colour (and adventure seeds) on some lower tech world with a lot of water.

T.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 7:18 AM Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
very nicely done!

Loved listening to the tune and reading the lyrics.  More please!

wish I had the musical ability to do this at TravCon!

Hope Jeff can use this in FT - perhaps with the sheet music.  Right, really must get on with some work.... as YouTube sucks me into another version of the song...

tc

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 10:33, <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
Just remember you broke out the songs...

If you know sea shanties, then you've maybe heard of Barrett's Privateers by the amazing (and sadly missed) Stan Rogers. These lyrics are a slight twist on Stan's amazing home-made sea shanty (he wanted one he could sing lead in, so he wrote his own...).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w

This is my recreated (I have another version somewhere) version of that song rendered into 'The Amazing Years To Come' (bonus points for that reference)....

I give you.... Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 1]
Oh, the year was 778.
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
A letter of marque came from the Duke
To the scummiest vessel I've ever seen
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 2]
Oh, Old Man Miller cried the town.
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
For six brave men all spacers who
Would make for him the Beowulf's crew.
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 3]
The Beowulf trader was a sickening sight!
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
She'd a list to the port, her thrusters were slag,
And the steward in the scuppers with bad jump lag, 
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 4]
On the Emperor's birthday we put to space.
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
We were 91 days to Extolay,
Jumping like madmen all the way!
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 5]
On the 96th day we spaced again.
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
When a bloody great Zhodani hove in sight...
With our cracked pulse laser we made to fight!
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 6]
Now the Zho was packed with Lan-tha-num...
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
She was broad and fat and had loose sensor arrays,
But to catch her took the Beowulf two whole days!
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 7]
Then at length we stood two diameters away.
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
Our cracked pulse laser made an awful din,
But with one missile, the Zho stove us in!
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 8]
The Beowulf shook and pitched on her side...
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
Miller was smashed like a bowl of eggs
And the Main Drive carried off both me legs!
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

[Verse 9]
So here I lay in my 23rd year...
(out a early due to failed survival roll!)
How I wish I was in Boughene now!
It's been 6 years since we spaced away
And I just made Rhylanor yesterday!
God damn them all!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
The last of Miller's Privateers!

I was told we'd cruise the stars for Zhodani Lan-tha-num...
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears.
But I'm a broken man on a Rhylanor pier,
THE LAST OF MILLER'S PRIVATEERS!

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 3:59 AM Cian Witherspoon <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:


On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 16:16 <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:


On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 4:50 AM Alan Peery <xxxxxx@tractare.co.uk> wrote:

Hi,

      Is there a list of Zhodani creatures gathered anywhere?  I'm looking for some hungry carnivores, just ready to stalk player characters... :-)

Let me enhance that for you... "I'm looking for some hungry, PSIONIC carnivores, just ready to stalk player characters AND EAT THEIR BRAINS!

:0)
TomB
I believe there was a Frank Hayes song about that... little furry telepaths that eat your brain

For reference, here’s the YouTube link: 

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