Looking for a Fight - a Bard's Song

History:

Jojo Florence, a Dwarven bard of little renown and less skill nearly gave up on a career on stage. After 4 years of traveling southern and central Espen working her way through nearly every tavern and pub. In what was intended to be her final performance, a particularly inebriated Gnome began to heckle her. Throwing things on stage during her performance including beer, rotten food, but most notably a handaxe. Though it missed wildly, it set a fire under the young singer. She was a bard, but she had been classically trained in the Dwarven military in her youth and sought to give up a life of violence for a life of performance. But if it was violence they craved, it was violence they would have. Composing the instant hit on a whim she fought her way through the crowd while singing the song that would become a riotous hit, "Looking for a Fight."

Excerpt: Chorus of Looking for a Fight

♩♫♪  I'm looking for a fight,  ♩♫♪
♩♫♪  Singing and slaying, I make my way.  ♩♫♪
♩♫♪  I'm looking for a fight  ♩♫♪
♩♫♪  Cutthroats and villains, the thrill of the fray  ♩♫♪

Relevance:

Made most popular by The Kneecracker as the song played before last call, Looking For a Fight is known the world over and sung by bards from every culture.

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Looking for a Fight - a Bard's Song

Verse 1: I'm a bard with a sword, I travel day and night From town to town, looking for a fight With song on my lips and the wind at my back My blade always ready for any attack
Chorus: I'm looking for a fight, Singing and slaying, I make my way. I'm looking for a fight Cutthroats and villains, the thrill of the fray
Verse 2: I sing in taverns of heroic deeds Tales of love and valor that no one ever heeds But when the night falls and danger draws near I'll show them what a bard can do, have no fear
Chorus: I'm looking for a fight, Singing and slaying, I make my way. I'm looking for a fight Cutthroats and villains, the thrill of the fray
Verse 3: With my lute and my sword, I'll never be alone In every city, I make a new home Fighting for honor, for glory and fame The bard's path to greatness, forever aflame
Chorus: I'm looking for a fight, Singing and slaying, I make my way. I'm looking for a fight Cutthroats and villains, the thrill of the fray
Outro: So listen well, all ye who hear my tale And let it be known, I ain't so frail I'll sing, I'll fight, I'll slay, TAKE HEED Now away I go...for a FIGHT I NEED

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Type

Manuscript, Musical

Medium

Oral Tradition / Word of Mouth

Authoring Date

UE 1153

Location

The Kneecracker