Chainmail Leggings

CHAIN MAIL LEGGINGS

• BY Beoir Blackrune

WHEN I WENT TO WAR WHEN I WAS YOUNG,

MY CHAINMAIL LEGGINS I PUT ON.

MY CHAINMAIL LEGGINGS I PUT ON,

FOR FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL,

THE SHIELD WALL.

(CHORUS)

AND I WAS WEARING

CHAINMAIL BRITCHES,

JUMPING DITCHES,

SEEKING RICHES,

DODGING BITCHES,

I WAS FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL.

MY SECOND YEAR I FELT SO BOLD,

I PAINTED MY SHIELD WITH BLACK AND GOLD.

I PAINTED MY SHIELD WITH BLACK AND GOLD,

FOR FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL,

THE SHIELD WALL.

(CHORUS)

NOW WHEN I WENT BACK IN MY THIRD YEAR,

I SWORE I WOULD HAVE A SPEAR.

BUT MY CAPTAIN SAID, “NO, MY FRIEND I FEAR,

YOU’RE FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL,”

THE SHIELD WALL.

(CHORUS)

NOW I WENT BACK FOR NUMBER FOUR,

WELL IN THAT YEAR I WAS MIGHTY POOR.

SO I SOLD MY SERVICES TO A FOREIGN SHORE

FOR FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL,

THEIR SHIELD WALL.

(CHORUS)

AND IN THE FIFTH YEAR THAT I WENT OUT,

I FINALLY HAD EARNED SOME CLOUT,

A PRIVATE NO MORE AS A SARGENT I SHOUT,

"YOU!YOU!YOU! and YOU!!!!!" {Accompanied by audience participation of pointing at everyone.}

“YOU’RE FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL,”

THE SHIELD WALL.

(CHORUS)

WHEN I REACH THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SEVEN,

I’LL FINALLY THINK OF GOING TO HEAVEN,

IF I LEAVE ONE SON THAN I’LL LEAVE ELEVEN,

A’ FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL,

THE SHIELD WALL.

(CHORUS REVISED-Sung low and slowly)

AND THEY’LL BE WEARING,

CHAINMAIL BRITCHES,

JUMPING DITCHES,

SEEKING RICHES,

DODGING BITCHES,

THEY’LL BE FIGHTING ON THE SHIELD WALL.