Reaver Drinking Song #280

"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.

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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

Reavers Drinking Songs Lyrics

"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