Toss a berry to yer badger.
About the song
Do real badgers eat berries? Doesn’t really matter, I suppose, because The Brandy Badgers surely do.
The Badgers are a kinship music collective in the Grand Order of the Lost Mathom, a hobbit RP kinship on the LOTRO Laurelin server. The band is sort of an in-character front for us when we want to play out-of character music; music that you’d realistically not find in Middle-Earth. So our badgers eat berries (especially boozy berries), sleep most of the winter, and wake to greet the early springtime with songs and merriment. I am sure real badgers don’t, but hey. It is fun!
So here is a “Grand badger berry song”, based on Arcade Fire’s marvellous “Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)”. If yer hear it in-game, spare some berries for the badgers!
Grand badger berry song
Soon spring is here
clear blue skies
when badgers wake
Soon the forest will bloom
Badgers leave their tunnels
and walk into the light
Leave their tunnels
and walk into the light
They greet one another
and look for juicy berries
the berries that they love
But since no berries are ripe and juicy
they sneak into the village
to grab all the jam they find
Hungry badgers searching
for jars of lovely jam
Oh so sweet and grand
life in hobbit land
eating lots of jam
but steering clear of all the ham
Oh, a dog comes in to join them
He shows them where all the kegs are
where boozy berries wait
So thirsty, dog and badgers go bonkers
Drink with carefree manners
singing well into the night
Badgers growl and the dog howls
well until the morning light
Oh the spring is grand
life in homely hobbit land
Boozy berries and jam
The dog can have all of the ham
Singing goodbye to winter
Badgers greeting springtime
Badgers singing songs
Badgers greeting springtime
Badgers singing aloud
They hope for berries in the forest in homely hobbit land
Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)
Here’s the video to the original song by Arcade Fire. Enjoy!
Arcade Fire – Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels)