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Glory and Gold (Let the Dice a-Roll-Oh)

Jake Nelson

This is a D&D shanty, written as if sung by a party drinking and boasting in the tavern. Your dice rolls may vary.

LYRICS

00:00 / 01:04

CHORUS

Be brave-oh, be bold-oh

Let the dice a-roll-oh

We raise our swords and venture forth

For glory and for gold-oh

 

From taverns warm to dungeons deep

(Be brave-oh, be bold-oh)

We quest and delve to earn our keep

(Let the dice a-roll-oh)

 

CHORUS

 

With magic and might as one we stand

(Be brave-oh, be bold-oh)

We trust our lives to fortune's hand

(Let the dice a-roll-oh)

 

CHORUS

 

Come dragons fierce with blazing breath

(Be brave-oh, be bold-oh)

Upon our blades you'll meet your death

(Let the dice a-roll-oh)

 

CHORUS

 

Come tyrants fell with hordes of war

(Be brave-oh, be bold-oh)

We'll cut 'em all down and shout for more

(Let the dice a-roll-oh)

 

CHORUS

 

Come fiends from blackest pits of Hell

(Be brave-oh, be bold-oh)

We'll send 'em back with steel and spell

(Let the dice a-roll-oh)

 

CHORUS

 

And when at last the day is won

(Be brave-oh, be bold-oh)

We'll drink and revel 'til the coin's all gone

(Let the dice a-roll-oh)

 

CHORUS x2

Tags:

Original Shanty, Quirky, Fast Tempo, Few Words/Easy to learn

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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