Picknose - True As Gold

from A Wolfrider's Reflections by Various

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When I was a young troll I had brave ambitions
To murder my uncle, his treasure to win.
But he was the stronger, he laughed at my folly.
He'll die of old age, his gold buried with him

CHORUS: So we hack and we hew with our picks in the stone
For the treasures we take from our old mother's bones.
No joy will we know ’til that treasure we hold,
For troll maidens’ love is as true as your gold.

I dreamed then of battle, the conquest of humans.
I’d strip from their bodies fine silver and gold.
But sunlight is dreary and hinders my fighting,
And at night all the humans hide safe in their holds.

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I fell in with companions who said we would prosper
By trading with elves for the goods they could sell.
But Wolfriders tricked us, and fled with our weapons,
So now I have chosen as a bachelor to dwell.

CHORUS: And I hack and I hew with my pick in the stone
For the treasures I take from my old mother’s bones.
No joy will I know 'til that treasure I hold,
For troll maidens’ love is as true as your gold.

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from A Wolfrider's Reflections, released February 28, 2023
Words & Music: Cynthia McQuillin

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