User blog:Cardshark92/Sea Shanties

So, I'm still bored waiting for some other characters to get accepted so I can get my RP on, and my boredom has actually borne fruit. So here I present my work, and hope that I can either get advice, or persuade the reviewers that I'm far less dangerous RPing than I am just making things.

First, apparently, there was once a grand tradition of "Thoughts on OC" pages on this wiki. To try and bring it back, I have made a page for Azulius Cardamom. Take a look, drop either of us some advice, and let's bring back this fun idea!

Now back to my original idea. For Azzie's crazy uncle Trigo Cardamom, fighting most of the riffraff he fights grows boring, so he often fights while singing to amuse himself. As for what he sings, I imagined a few classic sea shanties, drinking songs, and/or show tunes. And I eventually actually made a few, which I give you now. Especially since someone here told me an idea about a Pirate-themed AU out there somewhere, these seemed appropriate.

Atlas Maidens 

To be sung to the tune of "Spanish Ladies", but with a hint of melancholy.



Farewell and Adieu, all ye fine Atlas maidens;

I bid ye goodbye, though ye caused me such pain;

For I’ve got me orders to sail on to Mistral;

But rest ye assured, I’ll come see you again;

''We’ll rumble and roar as we’re wont, bein’ sailors, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rant and we’ll rave, 'cross every last sea, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">‘Til at last we drop anchor in another fine harbor ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And drink ‘till the sunlight shines on you and me. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’re once in the port on this island called Patch, now;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Droppin’ off Dust from the mines of ol’ Schnee;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">But the isle was so peac’ful, the maidens so lovely,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We all said to or’selves “’Would that I’d never leave!”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rumble and roar as we’re wont, bein’ sailors, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rant and we’ll rave, 'cross every last sea, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">‘Til at last we drop anchor in another fine harbor ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And drink ‘till the sunlight shines on you and me. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">In Vacuo last time, I met this fine lassie,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Her fox-Faunus ears soft like fresh-fallen snow,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I would’ve well loved her, but her heart was another’s

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Some monkey-eared lad with abs shining bright.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rumble and roar as we’re wont, bein’ sailors, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rant and we’ll rave, 'cross every last sea, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">‘Til at last we drop anchor in another fine harbor ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And drink ‘till the sunlight shines on you and me. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Around Feb’ry it happened off the great coast of Beacon,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Though sober, we all saw a great spirit take flight

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We all doff’d our hats and said ‘im a prayer, now,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We wished him safe travels, from mornin’ ‘til night.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rumble and roar as we’re wont, bein’ sailors, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">We’ll rant and we’ll rave, 'cross every last sea, ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">‘Til at last we drop anchor in another fine harbor ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And drink ‘till the sunlight shines on you and me. ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> ''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Another Glass (Cardamom Version) 

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">''To be sung to the tune of "The Parting Glass ." Ideally, to be sung very loudly, slightly off-key, and while more than a little drunk.''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Of all the Lien that e’er I had;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I spent it all on Dust, you see;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And all the damage that e’er I dealt;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">‘Twas in defense of folks like thee.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And whate’er I’ve done, in the name of plans;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The half of them I can’t recall.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">So fill for me another glass,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Good night and joy be with you all.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Oh, all the comrades with whom I’ve fought

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">They were sorry to hear that I was gone.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And all those fair maids that e’er I loved

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Wished one more day I’d linger on.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">But if the cards should thusly fall

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">That one of us rise not at all;

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I’ll save for thee another glass,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Good night and peace be with you all.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">If I had money enough to last

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">And the peace to stick around awhile,

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I met this girl in Beacon’s halls

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Who stole my heart with but a smile

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">For her loving heart and kindly eyes

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">I’d crawl the whole Forever Fall

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">So save me please another glass

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Good night and love be with you all.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">(Note:  Since old songs like this famously had many different versions, there's no shame in tweaking a few lines to use in your own tale.  Just let me know, so I can see it too.)

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">So yeah, idle minds are the Devil's workshop, and all that. Any thoughts are appreciated, so long as they're honest.