Life of the Mercenary (D&D Folk Song)

[@ColmRMcGuinness]

My hangover is saved!

[@ColmRMcGuinness]

I missed the dang premiere, however this is fantastic and I love this shot!

[@veyrnotvods5542]

@@ColmRMcGuinness I too missed it by a few months

[@thewanderer1618]

evening stranger

[@vivamexico254]

As a Freelancer worker , this is the song that gets me trough the day , that litle spice of fantasy and romanticismo that makes reality bearable.

[@gamercore5216]

I feel you brother

[@davidscott3820]

I worked with Thai mercenaries at u-tapao, Thailand 1976. Brave people.

[@YoloHunt]

A perfect theme for my mercenary captain character. He’ll be sure to sing this at some point.

[@fotppd1475]

I Always listen to it while playing as Carthage in any game. :)

[@GinnyDi]

Ahhh Chase this is SO GOOD!!

[@silverpact1008]

Oh, woops, there I go making a new PC again. My bad.

[@Happy-si7tk]

this made me feel like I am sitting at bonfire where the bard sings at night after a long day of hiking through the woods and I loved it!

[@NoahOMorainRush]

LYRICS: I live the life of the mercenary I live by blade and shield alone I do not settle, love, nor marry Lest I leave a widow alone I trek across the land seekin' the jobs for helping hands If any need a battle to be won And when I'm given one, I don't rest until it's done Oh, me, my sword, and my mercenary band We live the life (we live the life) Of the mercenary (of the mercenary) Restitution is our creed We seek the thrill (we seek the thrill) Gold and glory (gold and glory) And it's the only life we need We trek across the land seekin' the jobs for helping hands If any need a battle to be won And when we're given one, we don't rest until it's done Oh, me, my sword, and my mercenary band I live the life of the mercenary I court death near every day I do not fear it, oh, come and take me But let me ride once more this day I trek across the land seekin' the jobs for helping hands If any need a battle to be won And when I'm given one, I don't rest until it's done Oh, me, my sword, and my mercenary band We trek across the land seekin' the jobs for helping hands If any need a battle to be won And when we're given one, we don't rest until it's done Oh, me, my sword, and my mercenary band

[@johnnelson4411]

Just started reading a feudal scifi series, "The Star Kingdom"... This is perfect for one of the characters, a mercenary leader named Tenebris Rache. He tries to never get close to anyone, even his crew, because he expects his career to end with an early death. He journeys to right the wrongs of an evil king against him, and those in the past, present, and future that couldn't fight said king themselves.

[@nerdlord27]

The fact that this is not yet on Spotify is a crime. This is one of the best dnd songs I have heard. I need to learn this on my guitar.

[@opinionofmine3238]

"Uhm... mate a little help here? We're kind of ...struggling right now... so if you could fight... not sing... that'd be nice!"

[@caninelupus8369]

This is what he sings to give the others inspiration.

[@eric_moore-6126]

Given the peaceful scene of a pond with a guitar resting on a tree, i believe this is at camp

[@HungPham-qq6me]

sorry mate, we're in a mercenary *band* not a *mercenary band*

[@adamletts885]

This is easily one of my favorite songs

[@rodrigomedeiros7123]

One thing I know for sure is that I'll be using this on my campaign

[@lingliang8450]

Wish this was on spotify

[@Lin2Waterfall]

another grand piece from the Johnny Cash of D&D.

[@jaykkinell7267]

Well that went immediately into my playlist

[@cerridwenrowan]

Wow... I get to sleep before a premiere?! 😂 Right... Alarm set... Can't wait ❤️

[@BlondieHound1]

Really need this song for a Spotify playlist.

[@kurtisdeakin]

We are the Blackhearts! We served against beatsman and Orc until we were decimated by ambush... Our Ogre Captain Bash held us until we met our REAL Captin of Rylan Karth. We;ve suffered daemons and necromancers and orcs and ogres and starvation and we will find that crown and get paid and we will LIVE!!

[@DARKMATTER118]

I wanna hear Travis Willingham sing this

[@gavinbillings6535]

Him and chase dueting this would be sick

[@ryangottlieb9939]

I don't think I've ever heard your music before today (started with Coming are the Nein) and now just listening to as much as I can. Your music is amazing. Thank you.

[@zippyman818]

26 good people waiting for Chase's premiere on Halloween 31 October 2021! Over 40 people watching. The video is a stunning complement to the music and lyrics; water, waves on both shores, trees, sun, grasses, and legit fog moving over the water. Someone probably had a campfire nearby!

[@Cpt_Kaos]

Hope you add this to your Spotify. I love this song

[@TheAxmore]

I keep coming back to this song, please put it on spotify or something if you're able

[@DreadPirateElla]

OH DUDE YES THIS IS SO BEING PLAYED WHEN MY PLAYERS MEET IN A TAVERN- this is incredible!! I really don’t know how you do it, this is insane!

[@amandaleeborchert3745]

Brilliant! A pleasure to listen too! Well done!🌹

[@CountryHasMyHeart]

What a fantastic song!! Absolutely love it, fantastic job.

[@jolinevdk]

Oh it's so good and it's so catchy! Fantastic visuals, very fitting. Well done!

[@lauracollins2047]

This song is so amazing! I can’t stop listening to it. Amazing job!

[@catherineholt1149]

I really cant stop listening this is just so perfect.

[@dertr_cz3749]

Hell yeah ! Another song Is getting out. Im hyped ! ^^

[@rosinanta5020]

Chase is here to save my Monday! :3

[@Dadwar_Real]

really does seem like a song a gang of fantasy mercs would sing on a march or at camp

[@mthcarvalho]

Here, young man, take my like and subscription while I'll grab a glass of whisky.

[@nicholaselliott339]

Woot! I will absolutely be featuring this in the Exandria campaign I'm running, so thank you! I guess there's going to be a bard in my world named Chase now...

[@Shadowace724]

Righteous song. Great Job! I feel like this falls into a Warren Zevon type of tune, which is a high complement from me. Damn fantastic tune :)

[@finnji7328]

going to use this as the introduction song for Davil Starsong in Waterdeep: Dragonheist. I'm planning on the doom slayers to be hanging around in the yawning portal and the zhents with them be singing this when the players enter and after Davil finished playing he'll either invite the players over if they've already completed some quests and if not then the players will be free to approach him if they choose to do so.

[@SilverFlames_]

Oh this has such a good intensity! I love the melody with the percussion in the background, it makes me want to get up and go on an adventure

[@barnabypwinkleton4037]

I listened to this on loop for almost an hour, it's so good

[@bethbaskett3]

Chase, that was fucking amazing! Positively great!

[@dertr_cz3749]

Sadly was forced to go sleep Very early due to waking up freaking early, but listening to It Now And It Is amazing ! It has such warm feeling And i love It ! Amazing Chase ! I can't Wait what else you Will sing And cover. Just continue forward. ^^

[@jonathanstruwe8221]

God DAMN this was good. Absolutely nailed it. This was incredible to listen to, and my next bard will for sure have to play this in a tavern

[@gracehagele5462]

This is so good!!

[@lfleming221]

Challenge: since this is so FULLY AWESOME, I dare y’all to spontaneously sing this before, during, or after the next big game-streamer live show. D&D merc life!

[@lfleming221]

Please, Chase, lead the singalong version!!!

[@limauniform]

As an actual private contractor. I appreciate this.

[@bouncingbuttons7441]

Your songs seriously bring me so much joy and you're honestly one of my favorite musical artists right now. Keep up the fantastic work, dude!

[@diavalraven3660]

This is AWESOME!! I'm gonna be listening to this non-stop!

[@oliverholm21]

Amazing! So calming, yet epic!

[@thejasonianera4207]

I’d buy an album full of music as great as this easily

[@hyperbeast9204]

Pls for the love of all that is DnD please add this to Spotify

[@XxYoursxTruly]

So pumped! This is going to be epic!!!!

[@Bellandora]

This is so good! It absolutely captures the mercenary spirit and I was nodding along the entire time!

[@dormishaeli]

Everytime you release a new song its a celebration! The joy your amazing music brings to me and to so many others :) How it goes? Thank you for the music - This is going to be on repeat for daysssss

[@BlueSkyCountry]

The song of a Nomad patch holder of a 1%er outlaw motorcycle club. Every club has a branch of Nomads. The Hells Angels, Outlaws, Mongols, Galloping Goose. It is hard for them to even have a family because they are on call for the clubs 24/7. If a call comes in to take care of business, you gotta go. You don't question, you just get on your bike and go finish whatever you are told to finish.

[@rakbel316]

Incredible!

[@dragoninwinter]

This reminded me that I need to finish the mercenary D&D game I started.

[@gavinbillings6535]

This and march if cambredth (think i spelled that right) are both premium medieval fantasy marching songs

[@marcoantonioransolin4895]

Sir, if I may ask you, why this masterpiece isnt avaliable in Spotify?

[@shanewalsh620]

I just discovered your channel. This song and others are incredible. They give me exactly the feeling i like. You've got talent. Well done

[@theangeredcat247]

This suits a character that I've been writing. While yes, his class and race may suggest a japanese samurai, he's actually a european german-icelandic mercenary (at least the world I'm dropping him and his party members into) Vetur of the Dragon Brigade Race: Half-Kitsune (human) Class: Fighter (Samurai) Background: Mercenary Veteran Stats: Str: 17, Dex: 13, Con: 18, Int: 11, Wis: 16, Cha: 15 (Dex gets a +1 while Cha gets a +2 onto the already stated values) Weapon of Choice: Double-Edged Claymore, Hand Crossbow Armor: Chain Shirt/Half-Plate Backstory (Simplified): A mercenary who hails from the land of Valheim, yet is descended from both the lands of Yakata, Valheim, and Vaskir. He rides with the mercenary group known as the Dragon Brigade, lead by a mysterious warrior who simply calls himself Drake (Drake is a militaristic Silver Dragon, but cursed to stay in a polymorphed form until he is either killed or repents for the brutal nature of his actions against the Chromatic Dragons). Vetur is stoic and not easily frightened, but can be easily pissed off by a gloating warrior. On the inside, he is a protective spirit who would lay down his life if anyone were to be in danger before being paid to do so.

[@jakehoyer8668]

Damn i'm happy to have come across you! Absolutely love it! Really reminds me of the old stuff from Hunter & the Bear

[@Ragnarok6664]

Excellent 🙏🙌🏻👌🏻

[@wolfwing5602]

I got super inspired by this song with my current mercenary character. I had a fun idea about this being the sort of song the whole room could join in on (mostly inspired by my experiences at summer camp) and wrote a scene around that idea. Essentially, anyone else who could fit it to the meter was allowed to add their own verse. I don't know if you'd be interested in reading that, but I'm happy to share it if you like. Oh, and you are still the bard who wrote the song.

[@ayatomi4833]

Just stumbled across this one, and honestly it is damn amazing. Unable to find it on Spotify though :( So can't add it to my work list :(

[@leonardogarcete8370]

Oh my oh my, thats awesome!

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

Standard mercenary rates were around 1 gp per day per soldier, plus three meals, tents, and boots, and a bonus (usually 5 gp) for every major battle won.

[@TheAchilles26]

No such thing as standard mercenary rates, especially with your lack of specifying a region or era, and "gp" was never a unit of currency. Gold coins from different regions often varied wildly in value and had more specific names.

[@NicholsonNeisler-fz3gi]

@@TheAchilles26 reread D&D 1st edition

[@willmangrum3686]

Funny thing is, most D&D parties are exclusively "adventure for profit", so this isn't locked into just one class.

[@JacobColeman-tu3sb]

Mercenary ain't a class in DND it's a profession. Well sometimes it depends on DM/GM. A fighter is the class most common for being a mercenary. Since they're the most numerous in most DND settings

[@willmangrum3686]

@@JacobColeman-tu3sb Yeah, I know. That was my whole point.

[@JacobColeman-tu3sb]

@@willmangrum3686 Oh i must have misread your comment. Sorry.

[@willmangrum3686]

@@JacobColeman-tu3sb All good. The intention is often difficult to convey in a single comment.

[@JacobColeman-tu3sb]

@@willmangrum3686 Funny thing is i thought your adventure for profit part meant only fighters. So I thought id help you since i thought you were confused. Because i did something like i did now for a new DND fan back in 2023.

[@aidanb.9423]

I LVOE THIS

[@busy_raccooon]

Vibes. 😍

[@bertssnail]

OMG when this in Spotify!? MARVELOUS

[@ZeroEx131]

On Spotify when?

[@calebdegroot2838]

Yessssss!

[@tuckerreynolds2139]

LOVE IT!!!

[@travismelcher1483]

I just found your channel today.

[@AudrenDev]

I can see this being sung in Kings of the Wyld, when they're bringing the band back together.

[@MandalorV7]

Well I have to put this in my D&D music playlist. It’s in the title. 😆

[@cerridwenrowan]

Soon 😊

[@BlufireTheifprince]

You almost sound like Liam O'Brien but I love the southern touch

[@domihase8148]

That song is buetyfull. Why isn't it on Spotify? :o

[@norokodven4768]

Wonderful creation indeed Ps my suggestion would be, When we're called upon we don't rest until it's done. I do love the original lyrics, just didn't get what you meant with the lyrics "When I'm giving one"

[@mechty5297]

Very nice

[@pedroromarhernandez6554]

This IS THE SONG

[@aluminumstar7111]

Got damn that’s a good song

[@tearful-brick8]

Add it to your streaming platforms please

[@fotppd1475]

Hannibal's army singing while marching up and down Italy. Leaving behind dead and looted Roman soldiers and burning Roman camps. This is the feeling this song gives me.

[@Drengr1901]

Somehow, Mr. Johnny Cash brought me here. I like this.

[@Enallorai]

Is there any way I could convince you to allow me to use this song in a fanfic I'm writing? With full credit and links to you, of course. I've been trying to find a good song for my teifling bard to sing and i feel like this would be great!

[@ChaseNoseworthy]

100%, go ahead!

[@Enallorai]

@@ChaseNoseworthy once i reach a point where i start posting it (to Ao3) I'll let you know!

[@leviathanedwinson5044]

Can you upload this to spotify?

[@dragonhunter6157]

Do you have Spotify I want to download this so I can listen to it at work nevermind found it

[@ravenqueen4873]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@filippopielski5634]

It's Your fault. I was fighting with a thought about DMing an old old campaign of mine where players are band of mercs. And this gem pops into my feed. So yeah It's completely Your fault.

[@ZeldaWolf2000]

Hey Chase, will this sonf ever be available to buy? I couldn't find it on Tunes when I searched your name

[@LABJOC_Games]

Is this coming to Spotify as an album for D&D?

[@samueltheblonde]

The only question i have, how do they take the piano?

[@Barkleysdad]

Is this on Spotify?

[@smallshadow3856]

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