Salt and Debt | Rousing Fantasy Sea Shanty (Pirate D&D Folk Lyrics)

The sea always collects what it's owed. "Salt and Debt": This is Chapter 5 of The Last Round, Vela Rite's fantasy-folk concept album. It's a shanty for a crew rowing into dark water on their way to meet destiny. 🍺 Fantasy folk / bardcore / medieval tavern music for your D&D & RPG sessions, tavern ambience, writing, and study. New tales every week — subscribe and raise the last round. Lyrics: Heave! (heave!) Ho! (ho!) who pays the sea? (the sea takes all!) so down we go! We bought no ship, we bought a leaking name, (heave-ho!) a captain drunk on rum and someone's blame, (heave-ho!) he asked us coin, we showed him empty hands, (heave-ho!) and paid him debt in songs from stolen lands! (heave away!) Oh, salt and debt, salt and debt, (salt and debt!) the only purses that the ocean's met! (salt and debt!) We owe the wave, we owe the wind a turn, (a turn, a turn!) and the only crown down here is the foam upon the stern! Pull! (pull!) Pull! (pull!) for the far green shore — the flame's across this water, boys, so pull a little more! The young one heaves, his belly green as kelp, (heave-ho!) we laugh him on, then haul to give him help, (heave-ho!) the smith's gone grey, the thief's gone overboard — (no he ain't!) he climbed back up still clutching to his sword! (heave away!) Oh, salt and debt, salt and debt, (salt and debt!) the only purses that the ocean's met! (salt and debt!) We owe the wave, we owe the wind a turn, (a turn, a turn!) and the only crown down here is the foam upon the stern! Pull! (pull!) Pull! (pull!) for the far green shore — the flame's across this water, boys, so pull a little more! The Tyrant bought the harbors and the locks, he bought the lighthouse, bought the very rocks — but no man buys a storm to do his will, and no man buys the morning past the hill! (so HEAVE!) So raise a cup of bilge and call it wine, (heave-ho!) we'll toast the round we swore upon the line, (heave-ho!) the door we opened don't swing back to shore, (heave-ho!) we cross on debt and pay it off in war! (heave away!) Oh, salt and debt, salt and debt, (salt and debt!) the wildest crew the ocean ever met! (salt and debt!) We owe the wave, we owe the wind a turn, (a turn, a turn!) and we'll burn the Tyrant's banner from the bow up to the stern! Pull! (pull!) Pull! (pull!) we can see the shore — the stolen flame is waiting, lads, so PULL — and pull no more! Heave! (heave!) Ho! (ho!) paid in full to the sea... and on we go. #FantasyFolk #Bardcore #MedievalMusic #DnD #RPG #TavernMusic #FantasyMusic #VelaRite #TheLastRound