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The Best Thing About the Double Wars is the Ferry Ride Back Home

(by Lord Gorlan of the Red Lands, 1998)
(Tune: "City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie)

    Riding on the Ferry from the Double Wars
    A good hot shower, then the sauna for an hour
    The night is young, we don't arrive till morning
    So let's drink and enjoy each others company

    It was a week of camping
    A week of war
    No one really wanted more
    We had fighting, feasts and singing by the fires
    Pirate Punch
    and Rocket Fuel
    The Hubbly Bubbly was really cool
    But after a week it was time to get on back home.

    (Chorus:)
    The Double Wars was fun but now it's over
    We had our fun,
    But all good things must end
    There were lots things to enjoy at the Double Wars
    But best part was the Ferry Ride back home

    Giving feet rubs to the wench in the night club
    Looks of envy from the College girls on board
    I'm not quite sure what is happening under the table,
    But Angus's face is turning red as a beet.

    And we rehash all the battles
    Our heroic acts and deeds
    Fought on fields, bridges, woods and towns
    The bartender says that it's last call
    So another round for one and all
    We're so hyped up, nothing can bring us down

    Chorus:

    In the morning we will all go off our own ways
    Get in our dragons and move out on the road
    But now it's time to talk about the last few days
    Before mundania can reassert its load

    It's one of those nights we hope won't end
    Sharing moments with good friends
    We nurse our beers, because the bar is closed
    And talk unit we've had our fill
    With a little planning, it could have been better still
    But in the end we all headed back to our rooms.

    Chorus:


History. The Story Behind this Song

 The Double Wars is my favorite event held in Europe. This song is in no way intended to diminish that event. On the overnight ferry back home, a large group of us gathered in the nightclub and just had an absolutely grand time. Normally for me, some of the best times I've had at events are the night before the events start and you're greeting friends that you may not have seen for awhile. The close down of an event is usually a sad time filled with good-byes. This trip was an exception.

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