Slainte Mhaith #94
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Here's to your good health. That's the title of a fun Renaissance festival drinking song, "Slainte Mhaith". We're singing it for you on our next album ANOTHER FAIRE TO REMEMBER. Make a pledge to support it on Kickstarter at Thanks!
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Talking Traditional Irish Songs #93
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
We may be funny at times, but not all of our music is. Take for instance these not funny at all traditional Celtic songs you might hear at Renaissance festival. Its all on our Kickstarter. Make a pledge to support it. Slainte!
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Another Faire to Remember #92
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Another Faire to Remember is our 10th full-length, studio album. We are now funding the album on Kickstarter. . In 2001, we released our fourth album. A Faire to Remember was a tribute to our love of Renaissance festivals. It featured our pick of the Top 10 most-popular Renaissance festivals that we had seen in the two years since we started playing music. Then it had some other found favorites like "Do Virgins Taste Better Medley", "Irish Ballad", "A Fairy Story", Monty Python's "Always Looking on the Bright Side of Life", plus our hit song, "If I Had a Million Ducats.". The album was a...
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Love Song to Alcohol #91
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
What are your favorite types of alcohol? They could end up on our next album, Another Faire to Remember. It's on Kickstarter. We need your generous support. Make a pledge.
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The Irishman Who Doesn't Drink #90
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Is there an Irishman who doesn't drink? You too may connect with this funny anti-drinking song on our CD, Another Faire to Remember. Make a pledge on Kickstarter today
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What is an Album Pin? #89
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Do you not play CDs any more? You can also get an Album Pin! An album pin is an enamel pin themed to a particular album. You get a digital downlaod of the album. Then you can wear your album on your garb. Album Pins have revolutionized our dwindling CD business. Now you can help us continue to change the way you hear Celtic music. Make a pledge on Kickstarter at
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MUSHROOMS!! #89
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
One of our popular new songs is a Hobbit Drinking Songs. It was super popular since we wrote it at earlier this year. It's all about MUSHROOMS!! Watch and let us tell you all about this brand new song on our next Kickstarter for Another Faire to Remember. The campaign is now in full swing. !
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Another Kickstarter to Remember #87
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
We launched a new Kickstarter today for next studio album. It's called Another Faire to Remember. This new album is a continuation of our first hit Faire album, A Faire to Remember. That album featured our pick of the Top 10 Renaissance festival songs, plus some of our found favorites and songs we've written. Another Faire to Remember shares a few new Ren Faire favorite songs. We also share more original songs. There are drinking songs, and anti-drinking songs. There are sing and shout alongs. There's a song inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. There's one inspired by Standing Stones at...
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The Unicorn Song #86
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
How “The Unicorn Song” became a Brobdingnagian Bards staple while still standing out as 100% unique. Did the unicorns truly die a horrific death? It’s all on the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast #86 HOW LONG IS A BROBDINGNAGIAN MINUTE? Brobdingnagian Bards are The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo. A Bard by any other name… would have a shorter name. THANK YOU NAGIANS! We run our own record label. It is funded through the generosity of our Nagians on Patreon. Your kind support pays our bills, allows us to promote our music, and of course, it puts money in our pockets so that we can...
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Dragon Con 2024 Bootleg Concert #85
Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast
Enjoy an hour-long concert live from Dragon Con 2024. Hilarity may now ensue! It’s all on the Brobdingnagian Bards Podcast #85 HOW LONG IS A BROBDINGNAGIAN MINUTE? Brobdingnagian Bards are The Original Celtic Renaissance music duo. A Bard by any other name… would have a shorter name. THANK YOU NAGIANS! We run our own record label. It is funded through the generosity of our Nagians on Patreon. Your kind support pays our bills, allows us to promote our music, and of course, it puts money in our pockets so that we can keep creating music and podcasts and more, just for...
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WELCOME
- Dragon Con
- New merch
- Marc’s New Kickstarter for Come Adventure With Me
- What song would you like to hear us talk about?
UPCOMING SHOWS
Andrew McKee:
- SEP 1-5: Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA
- SEP 10-11 Sherwood Celtic Festival
- NOV 5-DEC 11 Louisiana Renaissance Festival
Marc Gunn:
- AUG 26: Three Taverns Brewery, Decatur, GA @ 6:30-9:30 PM
- SEP 1-5: Dragon Con, Atlanta, GA
- SEP 10-11: Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival, Hendersonville, TN
- SEP 28-OCT 2: Hobbit Band at ALEP in Shakertown, KY
- OCT 14-16: MultiVerse, Atlanta, GA
SONG STORY: A FAIRY STORY
“A Fairy Story” by Brobdingnagian Bards from A Faire to Remember
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SONG LYRICS: A FAIRY STORY
words and music by Shay Healy, Oisin Music Ltd, Ireland
In days of old in a kingdom bold, there lived a fearsome dragon. And the King he was in great distress and the countries spirits flagoned. Until one day there came a knight, he was handsome, bold, and charming. And he slew the dragon with his sword with a smile that was so disarming. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, a smile that was so disarming.
Said the King I wish to know your name, but the knight said do not bother. For the name of a knight of the realm says he, is the same as any other. Said the King tonight in my daughter's bed you shall take your leisure. And she'll reward you for your deed, with a night of exhausting pleasure. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, anight of exhausting pleasure.
One daughter she had raven hair, a maiden young and chaste. And she slept all night in the pale moonlight, naked to the waist. The other daughter she was fair, the fairest in the town. And she slept all night in the pale moonlight naked from her small waist down. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, naked from her small waist down.
Well the knight he spends many hour behind the castle wall. But the ending to my story dear, isn't what it seems at all. For in neither bed of neither maid was he repaid for his glory. But he slept all night with the King instead for this is a fairy story. With a hey and a ho and a hey nany no, for this is a Fairy story.