This song is the Mazianni ships' crews, singing about how they became "Pirates"; abandonded by Earth's decision to make peace, they refused to stand down and went rogue.

We fought your fight, and we died in droves In a rear-guard action with no rewards We spilled our guts to cover your butts Spending ships and lives we could ill afford! And now earthside says we can’t win! But we could’ve won if we got support! Now they say pull back, Now they say pull out, They say “the war is over, mission abort!” But they’re not here, and they don’t care! Our dead are just numbers on a page! For they only see how the money rolls out And that war is a costly thing to wage! So the union sneers and union laughs! And the merchanters turn and run away! And the stations where, we fought and died If they could, would throw us out of their bays! “Give up! Give in!” Says earthside now! You merchanters sing the same refrain! But we won’t stand this kind of defeat, And knowing our people died in vain! It was our blood spilled on the stars! Do you think that you could do it away? Well you merchant hogs, better think again... MAZIAN WILL MAKE THE UNION PAY! You decry our fight, you deny our due Well we can learn from every mistake! You’ll repay what we spent in blood, What you won’t give us freely, we’ll take! We’ll contest each star union wants! This is war, not some bureaucrat’s game! So we hear you calling us pirates now, THEN SCREW YOU ALL, WE’LL EARN THE MOTHERLESS NAME! I got another one written down, I think I did well this time!

@Gabriel-sn6yg

4 жыл бұрын

Correction It was our blood spilled on the stars! Do you think that you could do it away? Well you merchant hogs, better think again... MAZIAN WILL MAKE THE UNION PAY!

@nickwalker4936

4 жыл бұрын

Gabriel Auclair that’s what I was thinking, I second guessed myself

I believe it is a duet. The artists are either Leslie Fish/Doug Adams or Fish/C. J. Cherryh, who wrote the series this song is set in.

@kyledayton7829

4 жыл бұрын

I think i might be all three

Thank-you!! My tape died long ago and I've been searching for this for years! Though this was lost forever.

@mylady3728

7 жыл бұрын

rgsellar

We fought your fight and we died in droves In a rearguard action with no reward We spilled our guts to cover your butts Spending ships and lives we could ill-afford And now Earth-side says we can't win Well we could have won if we'd gotten support Now they say pull back Now they say pull out Now they say the war is over, mission abort But they're not here and they do not care Our dead are just numbers on a page They only see how the money rolls out And that war is a costly thing to wage So the Union sneers, and Union laughs And the Merchanters turn and run away And the stations where, we fought and died If they could would throw us out of their bays Give up, give in says Earth-side now And the Merchanters sing the same refrain But we won't stand this kind of defeat and knowing our people died in vain It was our blood spilled on the stars Do you think you can deal it away? Well you merchant-hogs better think again- Mazian will make the Union pay You decry our fights, you deny our dues Well we can learn from every mistake You'll repay what we spent in blood What you won't give us freely we'll take We'll contest each star Union wants This is war not some bureaucrats game So we hear you're calling us pirates now Then screw you all we'll earn the motherless name

Dawson's christian was composed by Duane Elms, I would say the two songs are unrelated

I would love to see this as a scifi series.

@torylva

Жыл бұрын

It is. Look up C.J Cherryh and the Alliance-Union Universe!

@mattm402

Жыл бұрын

@@torylva I have Hellburner and Downbelow Station. No I mean like a tv or netflix series. That I know of that has not been done.

@torylva

Жыл бұрын

@@mattm402 Ah, my bad! But yeah, it would be neat to have it as a proper show.

Thank you so much for posting these, my tape is about to expire :-(

I need to read the rest of the Alliance-Union books

@bonogiamboni4830

2 жыл бұрын

Books? Are all these stories actually taken from existing scifi universes? I didn't know that.

@xheralt

2 жыл бұрын

@@bonogiamboni4830 Merchanter's Luck, Downbelow Station, Finity's End, and Rimrunners are the ones I'd recommend to read first. She recently returned to that universe with Alliance Rising, and a followup (delayed by medical issues) is in the the works.

@bonogiamboni4830

2 жыл бұрын

@@xheralt oh, neat.

We fought your fight and we died in troves In a rear guard action with no reward We spilled our guts to cover your butts Spending ships and lives we could ill afford And now earthside says we couldnt win And we couldve won if we got support Now they say pull back Now they sell pull out They say the war is over, mission abort But theyre not here and they dont care Our dead are just numbers on a page For they only see how the money rolls out And that war is a costly thing to wage So the union sneers and the union laughs and the merchanters turn and run away And the stations where We fought and died If they could would throw us out of their base Give out give in says Earthside now You merchanters sing the same refrain But we wont stand this kind of defeat And knowing our people died in vain It was our blood spilled on the stars Do you think that you can peel it away? Well you merchant hogs Better think again Mazian will make the union pay You deny our fights You deny our doom Well we can learn from every mistake Youll repay what we spent in blood What you wont give us freely we'll take We'll contest each star Union wants This is war! Not some beaurecrats game So we hear your calling us pirates now Then screw you all! We learn the motherless name

Mercedes Lackey did a version of this on one of her albums that was just incredible to listen to. I wish I could find my copy. Or someone would send one to this channel.

@winkleried

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, I have it on my MP3 player. Downloaded it from some source on the net. I forget where :(

@asliwins337

6 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to upload that!

@RoughnecksSTCfan

6 жыл бұрын

If you still have it on your MP3 player it would be greatly appreciated if you could upload it, as you might have the only extant .MP3 file of the song out there... I spent the better part of two days looking for it elsewhere to no avail.

@winkleried

5 жыл бұрын

RoughnecksSTCfan I’m not sure how. It’s on an old iPod... I may have it on an old hard drive , but I would have to find it. My geek-fu is weak in that area.

@greyvr4336

2 жыл бұрын

@@winkleried Let me raise this zombie thread. There is Ipod ripping software on the internet. Pull everything right off the ipod.

You want some context to this ...Apart from reading the whole series By C.J Cheryl, there 's a playlist under the name Finity's end. It explains things, in some measure.

Who's supposed to be singing! The crew of the Norway? The merchanters? Signy?

@kayl456jenna

7 жыл бұрын

The Earth Company battle fleet, commanded by Conrad Mazian. The Norway (commanded by Signy Mallory) was one of them; but Norway broke with the fleet when they went rogue and joined with the non-Union stations and merchanters.

@xheralt

2 жыл бұрын

Crew and officers of the EC ships as a whole.

Do you think that you could do it our way? becomes Did you think that you could give it away?

Is this Leslie Fish singing?

@rkt739

7 жыл бұрын

It's performed by Leslie Fish, Joan Gaustad, Corey Cole, and Kevin Roche. (source: looking at the liner notes) Some of those could be instrumentalists, but the lead is definitely Leslie.

@jeremyszpicki491

4 жыл бұрын

Leslie Fish thank you for creating this art and others like it.

That was supposed to be a question mark after singing. Whatever.

Whoever defends reddit

Although this is excellent as a Union/Alliance filk, I personally would like to see it connected to clips of the main characters from the TV serial "Supernatural".

@tammymcdermott1838

8 жыл бұрын

Firefly

@umadbroimatroll7918

4 жыл бұрын

@@tammymcdermott1838 incase you didnt know firefly ia based off this universe and the browncoats were based off the mazianni

@Mutos4

2 жыл бұрын

@@umadbroimatroll7918 Didn't know, thanks for the precision, it explains some things...

@Mutos4

2 жыл бұрын

@@umadbroimatroll7918 However, as second thought, I'll ask you for your sources 😈 thanks in advance!

@xheralt

2 жыл бұрын

@@umadbroimatroll7918 No. Very different scenarios. BC's were the failed side of a civil war who surrendered and disbanded. Mazian did neither. he had to be pretty much be destroyed to the last man (of whatever gender). Mazianni went totally rogue, poaching from and preying on the people they were supposed to protect as much as their ostensible enemies, Union. Pressganging people to replace their casualties. BC's did none of that. The piratical behavior is what caused the merchanters to organize into Alliance.