"If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing – and if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order." Zoe’s description of reavers on the TV show Firefly sounds pretty insane. And every time we meet the reavers in the show and movie, they seem just as insane. And yet… they can fly spaceships. I share the story behind my song “Reavers Drinking Songs” today on Pub Songs & Stories #280.

0:25 - Marc Gunn “Molly Malone feat. Jesse Ferguson” from Come Adventure With Me

3:00 - WELCOME TO PUB SONGS & STORIES

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5:09 - UPCOMING SHOWS

• FEB 24: Maggie McGuinness Pub, Huntsville, AL @ 7:00 PM
• MAR 2: The Lost Druid Brewery, Avondale Estates, GA @ 6:30-9:30 PM
• MAR 9: Senoia Beer Company, Senoia, GA @ 7-10 PM
• MAR 23-24: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
• MAR 30-31: Sherwood Forest Faire, Paige, TX
• APR 19-21: Jordan Con, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, GA

6:06 - The Elders "Down at the Pub" from Well Alright Then

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10:53 - THE STORY OF REAVER DRINKING SONG

• Inspired by the episode “Bushwhacked” from the TV show Firefly
• Check out Episode 3 of In the Verse: Song Crafting

"Reaver Drinking Song" lyrics and music Marc Gunn

* Bash their heads flay their skin Make them scream in pain Let ‘em alone and think you’re done Let's start another refrain

Niska was old and scary, A bad reputation And then he heard a reaver scream His body's gone for cremation.

Badger was a businessman Roots in the community A reaver ate his little gang And now he can't even pee

Durran's steak was always rare Before I first met him He met a reaver now won't eat steak He's a vegetarian

Bester loved ships and women They howled when he boarded them He shipped was boarded by reavers. Now He howls when they board him.

Boss Higgins' word was law What he said was set in stone Then reavers hit Higgins' Moon The law is now written in bone

Fanty and Mingo are fine twins You can't tell one from t'other Until they met a band of reavers Now Mingo's the prettiest brother

Jubal was a bounty hunter A sadist through and through He rambled about philosophy While a reaver started to chew

No mercy, they all were weak Cattle for the slaughter Open them up, look inside I think I see Harry Potter

18:23 - Marc Gunn “Reaver Drinking Song” from Come Adventure With Me

20:57 - CREDITS

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