Songs of the Prosperitas Sector - Revision history

Hal: Added Thor's Holy Bones

2024-01-19T15:14:23Z

Added Thor's Holy Bones

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	==== Hymns ====		==== Hymns ====

			===== Thor's Holy Bones =====
			''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKvB3g3HEPQ here] ''

			<br>I have shed my robe and crown
			<br>I have shed my golden shackles
			<br>When I walk on Terra's soil
			<br>I shall barefoot be, and humble,
			<br>To see Thor's holy bones

			''To seek Saint Alicia's splendour
			''<br>I have travelled through the stars
			''<br>I have fasted, prayed and wandered
			''<br>To see Thor's holy bones

			Though the night is vast and dark
			<br>Though the void is full of horrors
			<br>I will fix my eyes on Sol
			<br>I will sail with ceaseless wonder,
			<br>To see Thor's holy bones

			''To seek…''

			And when someday I return
			<br>To my friends and waiting lovers
			<br>Let me burn them like the sun,
			<br>Let me fill them with the fervour
			<br>To see Thor's holy bones

			''To seek…''

			Should my courage fall away
			''<br>Should I fear the fire's blessing,
			''<br>You must lift me to the light,
			''<br>Tell me, "once, you went a pilgrim,
			''<br>To see Thor's holy bones"

			''To seek…''

			Then when winter fills my blood
			<br>And the Throne unceasing calls me
			<br>Let my fading eyes see nothing
			<br>But the light that once compelled me
			<br>To see Thor's holy bones

			''To seek…''


	===== Ave, Ave Imperator =====		===== Ave, Ave Imperator =====

Tealix at 10:20, 18 January 2021

2021-01-18T10:20:36Z

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	''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhdIdaj4Ho here] \| The recovery of the [[Ships of Note of the Prosperitas Sector\|Lion of Terra]] has led to rumours of new efforts to find the [[Ships of Note of the Prosperitas Sector\|Stormchaser]], belonging to the [[House Durovera\|first Warmaster]], which went missing in 101.M41.''		''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlhdIdaj4Ho here] \| The recovery of the [[Ships of Note of the Prosperitas Sector\|Lion of Terra]] has led to rumours of new efforts to find the [[Ships of Note of the Prosperitas Sector\|Stormchaser]], belonging to the [[House Durovera\|first Warmaster]], which went missing in 101.M41.''

	'''Chorus:'''		'''Chorus:'''<br>
	Ah, for just one time I would take the Strayvian Passage <br>		Ah, for just one time I would take the Strayvian Passage <br>
	To find Jacinta's flagship, out wherever it may be <br>		To find Jacinta's flagship, out wherever it may be <br>

Tealix: Songs added to the Navy section: 'Strayvian Passage' and 'Monforte's Folly'

2021-01-18T10:19:47Z

Songs added to the Navy section: 'Strayvian Passage' and 'Monforte's Folly'

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Hal: Added new song: Ulian's Guns (aka The Wellerman)

2021-01-16T19:19:30Z

Added new song: Ulian's Guns (aka The Wellerman)

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	''Chorus''		''Chorus''

			===== Under Ulian's Guns =====

			''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KO7cofMJH0 here] \| An old song about the [[Ships of Note of the Prosperitas Sector\|Lion of Terra]], recently re-popularised''

			An Imperial ship once put to sky<br>
			An Emperor who caught every eye<br>
			Eight squads of Sharks and two miles high,<br>
			Oh blow, you Warp winds, blow

			'''Chorus''':<br>
			Soon may the carrier come<br>
			To haul us out of this cursed sun<br>
			One day, under Ulian's guns<br>
			We're Coreward bound for home

			'Twas not six weeks from Gaudium's light<br>
			When a fleet of rebels hove into sight<br>
			Their wakes all glowing with unholy light<br>
			And Xeno ships in tow

			''Chorus''

			The Captain rang the all-hands bell<br>
			"Now take us into that gravity well!<br>
			We'll send those heretic scum to hell,<br>
			And watch their foul blood flow."

			''Chorus''

			The pilots dropped their medals and tea<br>
			And jumped in their Thunderbolts, one-two-three,<br>
			The fire they spat made the Xenos flee<br>
			And the rates all cheered below

			''Chorus''

			The first torpedoes took us aboard<br>
			While the lances sparked and the batteries roared<br>
			And on the decks it was teeth and swords<br>
			As the armscrew struck their blows

			''Chorus''

			The rebels turned and made to fly<br>
			But the Lion's crew gave the battle-cry<br>
			The battleship turned with a gleam in her eye<br>
			And the engines roared below

			''Chorus''

			A storm blew up from the depths of Hell<br>
			And the Lion rocked in the fiendish swell<br>
			The relays sparked and the voidshields fell<br>
			It took the ship in tow

			''Chorus''

			But the fighter wing had turned too late<br>
			In the grip of the star and an evil fate<br>
			When they looked about for the carrier's wake<br>
			The storm had swallowed her whole.

			''Chorus''

			With static on the vox in the silent chill,<br>
			For all I know they're orbiting still,<br>
			Till the tides of the Warp and the Emperor's Will<br>
			Bring their souls back home

Hal: Added several links to tunes & recordings

2021-01-13T16:01:15Z

Added several links to tunes & recordings

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	===== Ave, Ave Imperator =====		===== Ave, Ave Imperator =====

	''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs here] \| Recording here ''		''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs here] \| Recording [https://soundcloud.com/jessieholder/ave-ave-imperator here] ''

	On a warship bound for Terra		On a warship bound for Terra
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	===== Ave, Ave Omnissiah =====		===== Ave, Ave Omnissiah =====

	''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs here] ~~\| Recording here~~ ''		''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs here] ''

	In the heart of every engine<br>		In the heart of every engine<br>
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	===== Laudate Imperatore =====		===== Laudate Imperatore =====

	''Tune here''		''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDc2FD-vy8M here] \| Recording [https://soundcloud.com/jessieholder/laudate-imperator here]''

	''Laudate, laudate Imperatore		''Laudate, laudate Imperatore
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	===== Souls of Terra =====		===== Souls of Terra =====

			Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXiWsTExlgE here]

	Souls of Terra, stop your dreaming,		Souls of Terra, stop your dreaming,
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	===== Star Chanty =====		===== Star Chanty =====

			Recording [https://soundcloud.com/jessieholder/star-chanty here]

	'''Chorus:'''		'''Chorus:'''
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	===== Leave Her Hooky =====		===== Leave Her Hooky =====

	''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/3GoPbYodwukBGydu33VFCg?si=tNuRUnoKQASFN6leHqB4hQ here] \| Recordings here, here''		''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/3GoPbYodwukBGydu33VFCg?si=tNuRUnoKQASFN6leHqB4hQ here] \| Recordings [https://soundcloud.com/jessieholder/leave-her-hooky here], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jeu23S42KieDRdBAyX5pRbM-ThA05VxN/view?fbclid=IwAR3i-6ZnuDAsPBiVmc-FVuYb-eDnLNQ8UoCno2ILy1mezV4_t2r8PXE_wnM here]''

	I thought I heard the Captain say		I thought I heard the Captain say

Hal at 21:59, 13 April 2020

2020-04-13T21:59:28Z

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	=== Songs and Hymns of the Prosperitas Sector ===		=== Songs and Hymns of the Prosperitas Sector ===

			The Prosperitas Culture has a series of ancient musical traditions, native and colonist alike. While singing in the native languages of the [[Annwfyn]] and [[Ruwwad]] is illegal, traditional tunes from both cultures with Low Gothic lyrics are popular on colonised planets; and the Imperial colonists brought a wealth of music with them.

	==== Hymns ====		==== Hymns ====
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	==== Imperial Navy Songs ====		==== Imperial Navy Songs ====

			The [[Imperial Navy]] has a particularly strong choral tradition, with shanties and hymns used to keep time during menial tasks such as hauling the great chains to reload macrocannon batteries. Navy songs tend towards the boisterous, loud and repetitive.

	===== Star Chanty =====		===== Star Chanty =====

Hal at 21:02, 13 April 2020

2020-04-13T21:02:41Z

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	<br>''In Cathedra auratae, laudate		<br>''In Cathedra auratae, laudate

			===== Souls of Terra =====

			Souls of Terra, stop your dreaming,
			<br>Can’t you see their lasguns gleaming?
			<br>See their evil pennants streaming
			<br>To this battlefield.

			Souls of Terra stand ye steady,
			<br>It cannot be ever said ye
			<br>For the battle were not ready.
			<br>Stand and never yield.

			From the hills rebounding.
			<br>Let this song be sounding.
			<br>Summon all at the Emperor‘s call.
			<br>The mighty force surrounding.

			Souls of Terra on to glory.
			<br>This will ever be your story.
			<br>Keep these burning words before ye
			<br>Terra never yields!

			===== Turn Your Hearts To Terra =====

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to Terra
			<br>Turn your hearts unto the shining light
			<br>Set your course by mankind’s mighty Father
			<br>Let the Throne’s golden glory lead you right.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to virtue
			<br>Live your lives with faith and so with pride
			<br>Heed the words of saints and priests and in them hear
			<br>The call which cannot be denied.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to Terra
			<br>Turn your hearts unto the shining light
			<br>Set your course by mankind’s mighty Father
			<br>Let the Throne’s golden glory lead you right.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to duty
			<br>Resolutely hold thou firm and stand
			<br>Walk the path which He has set before you
			<br>For only in death does duty end.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to Terra
			<br>Turn your hearts unto the shining light
			<br>Set your course by mankind’s mighty Father
			<br>Let the Throne’s golden glory lead you right.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to battle
			<br>As the drums sound and the trumpets call
			<br>In His name, take up your arms and armour
			<br>And stand boldly forth as heroes all.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to Terra
			<br>Turn your hearts unto the shining light
			<br>Set your course by mankind’s mighty Father
			<br>Let the Throne’s golden glory lead you right.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to glory
			<br>Fill your hearts with faith like flame ablaze
			<br>Burn on bright as stars against the darkness
			<br>And fight on, till you stand before His gaze.

			Turn your hearts, o turn your hearts to Terra
			<br>Turn your hearts unto the shining light
			<br>Set your course by mankind’s mighty Father
			<br>Let the Throne’s golden glory lead you right.

	==== Secular Songs ====		==== Secular Songs ====

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2020-04-13T20:56:12Z

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=== Songs and Hymns of the Prosperitas Sector ===

==== Hymns ====

===== Ave, Ave Imperator =====

''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs here] | Recording here ''

On a warship bound for Terra
 There's a soul with a mournful eye
 High above her there's an angel
 Winging wrathful through the sky

''How the warp is howling
'' It howls with all its might
'' Howls and howls the whole day through
'' And half the summer night, singing sweetly:

''Ave Ave Imperator
'' Ave Imperator Dei
'' Ave Ave Imperator
'' Ave Imperator Dei

Hold your weeping, said the angel,
 Who told you you would die alone?
 Every soul cries out in darkness
 But you journey towards the Throne

''How the Warp....''

Souls are easily bound and broken
 Never knowing the reason why
 But whoever's faith is golden
 Like the angel has learned to fly

''How the warp...''

===== Ave, Ave Omnissiah =====

''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqzGZ5AaeSs here] | Recording here ''

In the heart of every engine 
In the gearing of each machine 
Turns a spark of perfect reason 
Burns the fire of a soul unseen

''How the spheres are dancing
 ''They dance to songs divine
 ''Marking time across the void
 ''And through the waves and sines, singing sweetly:

''Ave Ave Omnissiah
 ''Ave Deus Machinae
 ''Ave Ave Omnissiah
 ''Ave Deus Machinae

Not forgotten, not discarded
 Every truth lies within His light:
 He whose blesséd Comprehension
 Guides our quest through the endless night.

''How the spheres...''

Ink and metal rust and falter
 Flesh is weak and was born to die:
 But whoever treasures reason
 Like the stars will be raised on high.

''How the spheres...''

===== Rose Red =====

''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lXcmjignfk here] or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhkw8BPb3EQ here] | A hymn commemorating martyred Sororitas, often sung as a round''

Rose rose rose red, will I ever see thee wed? 
I will marry at thy will, Sire, at thy will. 
Ding dong, ding dong, wedding bells on an April morn 
Carve thy name on a moss covered stone, on a moss covered stone.

Rose rose rose red, she has fought and she has bled 
Waging war on a hundred worlds, on a thousand battleground. 
Open fire, open fire, turn your home to a funeral pyre, 
All she knows is faith and death and a moss-covered stone.

Rose rose rose red, eternity shall see her wed 
Always marching on to fight to another bitter end. 
Open fire, open fire, the flames of war can still burn higher 
Carve that as her epitaph on her moss covered stone.

===== Simple Faith Round =====

''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/38f2T3JWak2ygBdWne6qYZ?si=EpUiBgAnR6mjjTVboNadow here]''

As I stand before Her throne 
Every sin I’ve ever known 
Is laid bare before Her sight 
And I’m cleansed by Her burning light

===== Laudate Imperatore =====

''Tune here''

''Laudate, laudate Imperatore
 ''In Cathedra auratae, laudate

Per caeli Terraeque rex est et invictus
 Carnosus et machinae, nemonis abiectus

''Laudate, laudate Imperatore
 ''In Cathedra auratae, laudate

Aquilam attolemus, aura decoratur
 In hoc signo vincemus, malus debellatur

''Laudate, laudate Imperatore
 ''In Cathedra auratae, laudate

Laruae et lamiae nomen sanctum horrent
 Sacrilegi miserae cladis sui deplorent

''Laudate, laudate Imperatore
 ''In Cathedra auratae, laudate

==== Secular Songs ====

===== Jacinta's Flag =====

''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoZLqq3aX38 here] | A drinking song from the early days of [[Durovera's Crusade]]''

Oh when the traitors, they come a-marching 
Well we will fight, we will fight for Jascinta’s flag 
Oh when the traitors, they come a-marching, 
Spit in the face of history. 

And when the titans, they come a-rolling 
Well we will fight, we will fight for Jascinta's flag 
When the titans, they come a-rolling 
If she can slay them so can we 

And when the cannons rain down from orbit 
Then we will stand, we will stand like Jascinta's flag 
When the cannons rain down from orbit 
Then we shall stand with dignity 

And when their voidships blot out the sunlight 
Then we will fire, we will fire for Jascinta's flag 
When their voidships block out the sunlight 
Then we shall fire until they flee

And when the whiskey, it starts a-flowing 
Then we shall drink, we shall drink to Jascinta's flag 
When the whiskey, it starts a-flowing 
Then let us pour it fast and free

And when they hunt us, they shall not find us 
For we'll be quick, we'll be quick with Jascinta's flag 
When they hunt us, they shall not find us, 
And we shall scorn their infamy.

And when my body is lost and broken 
Then I shall rest, I shall rest 'neath Jascinta's flag, 
When my body is lost and broken 
Well then troops, you fight for me!

Oh when the traitors, they come a-marching 
Well we will fight, we will fight for Jascinta’s flag 
Oh when the traitors, they come a-marching, 
Spit in the face of history.

===== Out to the Black =====

''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/4mbkPNrzCJPnufSJGQBp0 here] | Popular among the Caudican Diaspora''

My world is barren and broken 
Scarred as the face of her moon 
The old names are no longer spoken 
Our hives and our spires lie in ruins

Will there be work on Polarnus? 
New quarries and tunnels to shape? 
I could fly all the way out to Cadia 
But oh, I can never escape

'''Chorus''': 
''Where there's a mine or a claim to be found 
''That's what I'm headed for, that's where I'm bound 
''Look for me out past the Gulf, on a moon far away 
''Where the rhodium and gold, the promethium and tin 
''Run in your blood, they get under your skin 
''I'm leaving the system tonight, and I'm not coming back 
''So follow me out to the black''

The desert gave life to the hopeless 
We bored out a mountain of spoil 
When visions of Terra sustained us 
And blessings rewarded our toil

Do you remember the spire-tops? 
A decade can pass in a dream 
When you're working away in the darkness 
Deep in the heart of the seam

''Where there's a mine or a claim to be found...''

I dream of our heroes rewarded 
Redeemed in the sight of the Throne 
Their righteousness duly recorded 
The names of the dead set in stone

''Where there's a mine or a claim to be found...''

===== They Say The Stars =====

''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/5qRtma7P9gXTUxkT9KbpPr?si=dwEK7Aoi here] | A cautionary tale, sometimes banned on more orthodox worlds''

They say the stars come out by night 
They say the Eagle will take flight 
They say your world will be torn apart 
If you should give a psyker your heart

Her eyes were bright which should be blind 
I heard her voice inside my mind 
Black ships will carry her away 
She will not see another day

In dreams I saw her face so fair 
All twisted through with bleak despair 
“I am the Emperor’s property 
But still, I ask, could you ever love me?”

“Oh you who’ve seen the Golden Throne 
Must know your life is not your own 
For how could mortal love compare 
To love divine which you must have known there?”

“Oh I have seen the Golden Throne 
My life can never be my own 
But I would trade immortal bliss 
And risk my soul for just one kiss

Her kindly words crept through my heart 
For what could keep two lovers apart? 
As through my mind her darkness stole 
She turned my head and she warped my soul

They say the stars will never fail 
That holy war will ere prevail 
And your whole world will be torn apart 
Should you ever give a psyker your heart

===== My Father Said =====

''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc_imZiljWA here]''

Not long, not long, my father said 
Not long will you be ours: 
The Golden Throne knows all too well 
Which are the fairest flowers.

The priest was all too worldly though 
She prayed and rang her bell: 
The Medicae three candles lit, 
The priest said it was well.

Your arms were all too feeble though 
You claimed to love me so: 
The Emperor stretched out Their hand, 
You sighed and let me go.

This land is all too shallow 
It is painted on the sky 
And it trembles like the wind-shook rain 
When the Emperor breathes a sigh.

Forever and for always 
I pray, remember me: 
Before the Throne, beyond the stars 
In the Emperor's company.

==== Imperial Navy Songs ====

===== Star Chanty =====

'''Chorus:'''
''Away, hey, look out away 
''Set course through the Sector for we’re on our way 
''Away, hey, look out away 
''And the stars in the aft-port doppler away

Our new life begins as we cast off today 
''(Away, hey, look out away)'' 
Our home is this vessel, a battleship grey 
''(And the stars in the aft-port doppler away)''

''Away, hey, look out away...''

Farewell to our homeworld, her blues and her greens 
Farewell to her oceans, her meadows and streams

''Away, hey, look out away...''

It will be many years ere our journey is done 
Till we stand in the light of another bright sun

''Away, hey, look out away...''

So sing the last psalms as we practiced before 
Our hearts leap with joy as the great engines roar

''Away, hey, look out away...''

===== Leave Her Hooky =====

''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/3GoPbYodwukBGydu33VFCg?si=tNuRUnoKQASFN6leHqB4hQ here] | Recordings here, here''

I thought I heard the Captain say
 ''Leave her, Hooky, leave her
 One broadside more till we belay
 ''And it's time for us to leave her.

'''Chorus''':
 ''Oh leave her Hooky, leave her
 ''Oh leave her Hooky, leave her
 ''One broadside more till we belay
 ''And it's time for us to leave her.

The boats have launched and the vents gape wide
 ''Leave her, Hooky, leave her
 She'll sail no more on the Warp's strange tides
 ''And it's time for us to leave her.

Well they've blown our shields and they've come aboard
 ''Leave her, Hooky, leave her
 But we've a passage fee they can ill afford
 ''And it's time for us to leave her

Now we've spiked the guns and the helm's athwart
 ''Leave her, Hooky, leave her
 And they'll learn too late what the rates have wrought
 ''For it's time for us to leave her.

But we'll leave her tight and we'll leave her trim
 ''Leave her, Hooky, leave her
 And she'll burn so bright that the stars will dim
 ''Now it's time for us to leave her.

===== Voidfarer's Farewell =====

''Tune [https://open.spotify.com/track/3hz8sQpnhcYdMGygpnbXr8?si=Rwsp9ldgRue-y-GadLSwNg here] | A recent propaganda version of a popular drinking song''

Farewell and adieu to you dirtside companions 
Farewell and adieu for we cannot remain 
For we’ve received orders to brave the warp’s currents 
Who knows if you’ll see our fair faces again

'''Chorus''' 
''And it’s one dirtside dance ere we make for Polarnus 
''And one Voidborn kiss ere we brave the warp’s fears 
''Oh we’ll love you and leave you and never forget you 
''Though our journey through Hell should take ten thousand years 

Now the signal’s been made for the grand fleet to gather 
And every true rate has their pistol to hand 
From rimward and coreward the warships are mustering 
Our duty’s before us, Polarnus will stand 

''And it’s one dirtside dance ere we make for Polarnus ...

Now let every rate drink a toast to the Emperor 
And let every rate drink their fill from the bowl 
Oh let us be jolly and drown melancholy 
With a toast to each faithful and brave-hearted soul 

''And it's one dirtside dance...''

===== Light of the Emperor =====

''Tune [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jS88rxOMk8&feature=youtu.be here]''

For all who sail beyond the sky
'' Let the light of the Emperor shine on me
 Through the deep of space shines a glorious eye
'' Let the light of the Emperor shine on me

When the starlight fades and the shadows fall
'' Let the light of the Emperor shine on me
 When the storm draws in and the demons call
'' Let the light of the Emperor shine on me

'''Chorus''':
 ''Oh shine on me, shine on me
 ''Let the light of the Emperor shine on me
 ''Shine on me, oh, shine on me
 ''Let the light of the Emperor shine on me

Oh the clouds boil black and the warp winds wail
 ''Let the light...
 And you're caught in the teeth of a living gale
 ''Let the light...

And then your sailor's heart is filled with fear
 When the sounds of claws on the hull draw near

''Chorus''

Then the screams grow quiet with the fading storm
 But the dark is thickest before the dawn

The eternal sun burns the clouds away
 From the darkest night comes the brightest day

''Chorus''

When your ship is safe and you're headed home
 You can thank the Beacon, you can thank the Throne

''Chorus''