The Green Dragon Friday 13th anniversary song!
About the song
Last Friday we celebrated the 13th anniversary of Green Dragon Friday, a hobbit roleplaying event on the LOTRO Laurelin server. Such an occasion needs a song, and here is this year’s anniversary song!
… which was written a couple of years ago. We never really performed it much before, though, so I figured it could be useful this year. The audience seemed to enjoy it!
The song is best sung to “Obladi Oblada” by The Beatles, and as I recall it, it didn’t take much time to write. There are a few in-jokes which the regular Green Dragon patrons might notice, and the chorus makes for a nice sing-along. So stop by in Bywater on a Friday night, and we just might play it for yer!
Over here, over there, in Bywater
Over in Bywater is a cozy inn
Barmy is the keeper by the bar
Sighing as his patrons make an awful din
He makes a wish that he could send them wide and far
Over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
Over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
Barmy scolds the waitress as she makes a mess
Booking her for more shifts down the line
‘Ale is better in the mug’, she does profess
But then she spills another drink while feeling fine
Over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
Over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
In a quiet corner the gaffers grump all night
Over wicked rascals and noisy crowds
Of music that’s far too loud
Songs and happy dancing by the fireplace
Drinking through the early Friday night
Lots of happy couples in a warm embrace
Before the fizzers make the Cottons start a fight
Aye, over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
Hey, over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
In a quiet corner the gaffers grump all night
Over wicked rascals and noisy crowds
Of music that’s far too loud
Merry are the Fridays at the local inn
Barmy counts his takings from the day
Smiles and thinks that noisy though the night has been
He sure would miss it all if he had gone away
Hey, over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
Hey, over here, over there, in Bywater
Oh, the life is merry there
On every Friday night
The life is merry there
Obladi oblada
Here’s the original song by The Beatles
The Beatles – Obladi Oblada