A collection of some of my favourite Empire tunes 

A Marcher, a Marcher! Empire LARP playlist

Wonderlust

Walk On

A song made hastily for Profound Decisions' Empire LRP festival - celebrating Taric Thornsbane's famous drink!

Woeful-looking but wonderful-tasting: the 'Bregasland Brew'! Fresh from the heart of the Marches.

LYRICS

Here's a drink there's one for everyone,
Here's a drink there's one for everyone,
Here's a drink there's one for everyone,
One Bregasland Brew.

Here's a drink there's one for everyone,
Here's a drink there's one for everyone,
Here's a drink there's one for everyone,
One Bregasland Brew.

Give me one more drink,
One more song, one more dance and then I'm through!
While the nobles pine for the Dawnish wine,
They long for the Bregasland Brew!

Give me one more drink,
One more song, one more dance and then I'm through!
While the nobles pine for the Dawnish wine,
They long for the Bregasland Brew,
Oh they long for the Bregasland Brew!

Here's a drink there's two for everyone,
Here's a drink there's two for everyone,
Here's a drink there's two for everyone,
Two Bregasland Brews.

Here's a drink there's two for everyone,
Here's a drink there's two for everyone,
Here's a drink there's two for everyone,
Two Bregasland Brews.

Give me one more drink,
One more song, one more dance and then I'm through!
While the nobles pine for the Dawnish wine,
They long for the Bregasland Brew!

Give me one more drink,
One more song, one more dance and then I'm through!
While the nobles pine for the Dawnish wine,
They long for the Bregasland Brew,
Oh they long for the Bregasland Brew!

Here's a drink there's three for everyone,
Here's a drink there's three for everyone,
Here's a drink there's three for everyone,
Three Bregasland Brews.

Here's a drink there's three for everyone,
Here's a drink there's three for everyone,
Here's a drink there's three for everyone,
Three Bregasland Brews.

Give me one more drink,
One more song, one more dance and then I'm through!
While the nobles pine for the Dawnish wine,
They long for the Bregasland Brew!

Give me one more drink,
One more song, one more dance and then I'm through!
While the nobles pine for the Dawnish wine,
They long for the Bregasland Brew,
Oh they long for the Bregasland Brew,
Oh they long for the Bregasland Brew!

WAHEY

Bregasland Brew

A song written for William Guildenstern: the soon to be folk hero and legend of the live action roleplaying system 'Empire'.

LYRICS

I'll entreat you to a tale about a name you might recall,
Of a man named William Guildenstern, a hero to us all.
Not one detail here is wasted, not one detail's overblown,
Let my voice become your chisel as we write this down in stone.

Well he started as a blacksmith when he marched away from Dawn,
Fought the minotaurs in Skarsind and with grace he slew them all.

Then he joined up the militia, seven years he served to tell,
Of when he nabbed the bloody butcher and all of Temeschwar as well!

Then assassins came to bleed him, all attempts they tried did fail,
He's a man who's duelled trogoni and has lived to tell the tale.

He's a senator, a skirmisher, all brains as well as brawn,
And got so much damn charisma that he's even liked in Dawn!

Woah, oh ho!
I sing of William Guildenstern!
Senator and skirmisher, a league unto his own.
Woah, oh ho!
I sing of William Guildenstern!
A just and true commander, he's a hero to us all!

Fought in Skarsind, unto Holberg, unto Mournwold, unto Karsk,
Even fought a Jotun war-prince and he beat him on his arse!

Battled monsters, battled dragons, battles far beyond belief,
Defeated ogres in a hurricane in nothing but his briefs!

Guildenstern is strong as stone and no assault can pierce his hide,
Caught a falling star within his chest, and still he didn't die!

Took a troll curse to his mind so that the Marcher-folk would thrive,
Like a blackened blade it ran him through, but Guildenstern survived!

Woah, oh ho!
I sing of William Guildenstern!
Senator and skirmisher, a league unto his own.
Woah, oh ho!
I sing of William Guildenstern!
A just and true commander, he's a hero to us all! X2

William Guildenstern!

I Sing Of William Guildenstern

A song for Profound Decisions Empire festival event that celebrates one of the faction's newest generals: Amberlain P Black, the Fire of the Marches! Long may she lead!

LYRICS

I sing of a Marcher,
Hi Ho! Hi Ho!
Of a Marcher who walked out from Dawn.

With a sword primed for battle,
And flames in her hair,
She’s the fire of the Marches oh ho!

I sing of a soldier,
Hi ho! Hi ho!
One courageous and dangerous and strong.

Punched the teeth out and ogre,
And bashed twenty more!
She’s the fire of the Marches oh ho!

She’ll fight for the Marches,
She sings and she dances,
With hair made of summer realm flame.
If you don’t know her now,
Well I’ll tell you her name is:

Amberlain! Amberlain!
Amberlain Black!
Strength in my arm and the sword at my back.
Amberlain! Amberlain!
Amberlain Black!
She’s the fire of the Marches, oh ho!

I sing of the general,
Hi ho! Hi ho!
I sing of the general hi ho!

Who’ll fight back the Jotun,
And free Bregasland!
She’s the fire of the Marches, oh ho!

I sing of the general,
Hi ho! Hi ho!
Who gets victory clean from defeat.

She’s knocked out the Grendel,
Put slavers to sleep,
She’s the fire of the Marches, oh ho!

She’ll fight for the Marches,
She sings and she dances,
With hair made of summer realm flame.
If you don’t know her now,
Well I’ll tell you her name is:

Amberlain! Amberlain!
Amberlain Black!
Strength in my arm and the sword at my back.
Amberlain! Amberlain!
Amberlain Black!
She’s the fire of the Marches, oh ho!

She’ll free us from evil when all the while risking her neck.
She’s headstrong enough to keep Guildenstern firmly in check.
She’ll fight for the Marches,
She sings and she dances,
With hair made of summer realm flame.
If you don’t know her now,
Well I’ll tell you her name is:

Amberlain! Amberlain!
Amberlain Black!
Strength in my arm and the sword at my back.
Amberlain! Amberlain!
Amberlain Black!
She’s the fire of the Marches, oh ho!

The Fire Of The Marches

Nobody fights like the Marchers do: fully armed and filthy.

LYRICS

I’m a fighting Marcher and a Marcher I’ll remain,
Crawling out the mud with but a billhook to my name,
Apple in my pocket just in case I meet the grave,
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray.

Oh!
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray
Oh!
Step in time, bills in line,
March into the fray!

I’m a fighting Marcher and a Marcher I’ll remain,
Grinding up the Jotun and Mathilde’s traitor knaves,
Blood will feed the barley and the barley’s what we crave,
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray.

Oh!
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray
Oh!
Step in time, bills in line,
March into the fray!
Oh!
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray
Oh!
Step in time, bills in line,
March into the fray!

I’m a fighting Marcher and a Marcher I’ll remain,
Fighting through our enemies and fighting through the pain,
We’ve got all to lose, but we’ve also got all to gain,
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray

Oh!
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way, oh!
Drag the field sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.

Oh!
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Drag the field, sow the steel,
Take the Marcher way.
Fully armed and filthy as we march into the fray
Oh!
Step in time, bills in line,
March into the fray! X2

I’m a fighting Marcher and a Marcher I’ll remain!

Drag The Field

Commission for Marcus Vine to commemorate a legend of the Empire LRP game setting: Tomothy Crowle and his fighting Hedgehogges - long may they fight the good fight.

LYRICS

My mother was a soldier,
My father was a drunk,
He told the old landlord to pour it faster.
Well it would be my luck,
That the two of them would fuck,
Now I’m a Marcher soldier and a bastard!

Singing aye, aye, aye,
Yeah we’ll fight until we die
And our enemies are gone forever more
(Forever more!)
Stacking bodies in the mud,
For the nation that we love,
We are the fighting Hedgehogges,
The bloody pricks of war!

My mother came to see me,
In the camp one day,
She’s served twenty years yeah she’s a sergeant.
My mate said she was hot,
I said you better not!
She’ll tie you up and use you for a target!

Singing aye, aye, aye,
Yeah we’ll fight until we die
And our enemies are gone forever more
(Forever more!)
Stacking bodies in the mud,
For the nation that we love,
We are the fighting Hedgehogges,
The bloody pricks of war!

The most beautiful shaft,
That I did ever see,
I dreamt that one day I’d get my hands on it.
I finally got my way,
I grasp it every day,
It’s the only one for me and it’s my billhook!

Singing aye, aye, aye,
Yeah we’ll fight until we die
And our enemies are gone forever more
(Forever more!)
Stacking bodies in the mud,
For the nation that we love,
We are the fighting Hedgehogges,
The bloody pricks of war! X2

Hedgehogge War Song

Seanbaby suddenly remembers Theodore Rex exists, and he takes it out on Brockway and guest, Tom Reimann. The only 1990s dinosaur buddy cop movie where they had to sue the star to be in it!

Dogg Zzone 9000 - Episode 133, Theodore Rex with Tom Reimann

The Bigfeet Boys watch Season 1, Episode 4 of Mountain Monsters: Wampus Beast of Pleasants County. Willy's childhood was irrevocably shaken in the making of this episode.

Episode 4 - Wampus Beast vs. Willy's Piglets

The Bigfeet Boys watch Season 1, Episode 7 of Mountain Monsters: Kentucky Hellhound of Pike County. Wild Bill was briefly killed in the making of this episode.

Episode 7 - Hellhounds vs. Home Squeezins

SoCotalk (XL)

Dirty (feat. A2thaMo Makes Beats)

Work in progress.   Has been sung in the field.    Still fiddling with it.  This version was recorded to give Gabrielle and Gwen an idea of melody.

At some point I need to get one or both of them into the studio to do a version of this and a Sudden Farewell.

Two guitar parts recorded on my acoustic through pick up. Vocals done through Shure sm58.  Not done to a click track.

Lyrics (Alto part):

Verse 1 – Alto (solo)
My friends, We'll sing you a song,
Of  Bra-an-nan, our Empress,
Of how, she fought ever on,
And so was called, Relentless.

(Verse 2 is silent)

Verse 3 – Alto
It was,  In two forty-nine,
She did defeat,  The Jotun,
And then, She deftly defied,
The Drujan horde, 
Yet lost the war...

Chorus - Alto
Empress Brannan had a plan,
For a greater Empire.
Boldly pushing back our borders all the way.

Empress Brannan showed the land,
There's a greater empire.
Coldly conquering all comers where they may be faced.

We threw it all away

Verse 4 – Alto
Eight years,  she ruled with a rod,
Of īron. When many,
Faltered, she kept us upon
The road of war, 
But could not win...

Ever expanding...

Chorus - Alto

Bridge – Alto 
Oh….

Oh….


But know.
She saved ma-
-ny territories
In danger.

And know,
That new trods,
Were founded,
Forever.

But they,
Condemned her.
But they,
did take her throne.

So they revoked her...


Coda - Alto
Empress Brannan had a plan,
For a greater Empire.
Boldly pushing back our borders all the way.

Empress Brannan showed the land,
There's a greater empire.
Coldly conquering all comers where they may be…

Empress Brannan had a plan,
For a greater Empire.
Boldly pushing back our borders all the way.

Empress Brannan showed the land,
There's a greater empire.
Coldly conquering all comers where they may be faced.

We threw it all away.
(silent)
We threw it all away.
Away…

---

Lyrics (Tenor part)

(Verse 1 is silent)

Verse 2 -   Tenor (solo)
Yet in the end,  she stumbled,
And was condemned, in her final days,
Her rule revoked. Was humbled.
A mere foot note, And know as the crazed.

Verse 3 – Tenor
In her first year, Campaigning,
Her plan was clear: Defeat the Jotun,
But never seeked, An ending,
She over-reached, 
And lost the war...

Ever expanding...

Chorus – Tenor
Empress Brannan had a plan,
For a greater Empire.
Boldly took, yet giving it away.

Yes Brannan showed the land,
There's a greater empire.
Coldly took, then threw it all away.


Then threw it all away.

Verse 4 – Tenor
As years went by, Her powers,
She bluntly tried, To use and abuse.
And forced us all, As ruler,
To reckless war,
We could not win...

Ever expanding...

Chorus – Tenor

Bridge – Tenor
First, she annexed the Black Thorns,
And led them as her own.
Demanded new powers,
To make all armies hers.

The conclave she dissolved,
When e're they disagreed.
To give her the magic,
Support she wanted.

Threatened war on all the foreigners.
To extort resources.
Brokered many deals with eternals,
That were far too costly.

And then she abused her veto,
To every extreme did she go,
So the synod had to act,
And take her throne.

So they revoked her...


Coda – Tenor
Empress Brannan had a plan,
For a greater Empire.
Boldly took, yet giving it away.

Yes Brannan showed the land,
There's a greater empire.
Coldly took, then threw it all away.


Yes Brannan had a plan,
For a greater Empire.
Boldly took, yet giving it away.

Yes Brannan showed the land,
There's a greater empire.
Coldly took, then threw it all away.


Then threw it all away.
Then threw it all away.
(silent)
Away…


Empress Brannan

Seanbaby & Robert Brockway, welcome back special guest, Drew Toothpaste and Natalie Dee to the DOGGZZONE! What does a small fish, some guy, and the front half of a horse costume all have in common? As if it weren't completely obvious, these are but a few of the fantastical creatures that make up Connecticut's Cryptids! Let the DOGGZZONE regale you with descriptions of some of the most fierce- What's that? Beguiling? False? Cockamamie? Do you kiss your Thunder Brother with that mouth?? 

Dogg Zzone 9000 - Episode 208, Connecticut Cryptids with Drew Toothpaste and Natalie Dee

Amidst the fog of 2025, three men recollect and review a film shot 35 years previous. DJ Wooldridge joins us to discuss the unique dystopia that is the classic Total Recall. Verhoeven, Schwarzenegger, and a tiny little krang take center for this one.

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839. Frame Rate: Total Recall (1990) (Feat. DJ Wooldridge)

My newest filk for Empire LARP
Inspired from The Longest Johns song Off to Sea

Run the Trods

Tongue-in-cheek look at the cheekiest prince of them all. Annie Kelly joins us from across the pond. Includes a Jake story.

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Episode 68: Prince Andrew Doesn't Sweat

The captain is a ghost and the show has an unlikely fan base!

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