Songs from the Redwall Series

Hello There! This is a blog dedicated to documenting and organizing all of the songs, riddles, lyrics, and rhymes in the entire Redwall series by Brian Jacques. Each entry will be tagged by subject, book, style, and character. the work is incomplete. last updated May 2018.

[lunarlicorice]

talking to animals as wolf link was my favorite thing to do when i was like 7

[confessionsdiaz]

*through gritted teeth* the world is GOOD. people are kind. Humans are NOT inheritly selfish. you will make it through this year. recovery is possible. people you don't know yet will love you. You are going to do things you can't even imagine right now. You are going to read a rlly good book. You are going to eat some rlly good food. You are going to experience joy again. Things can get better. Situations can change. You can choose to be kinder. The world can change for the better.

[redwall-lyrics]

Re: recorded songs, check out the audiobooks?

@previous anon 

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Is there a recorded audio somewhere of any of the redwall songs?

Yeah, there are fans on YouTube who have recorded some songs! That’s all I know about.

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I'm looking for a Brian Jaques poem in one of his Mossflower books. It's very sad. About waiting at the window for someone to return. I can't remember if it mentioned a candle, but it was so sad, it made me cry. Would you know it?

Hmm I can’t say I do, and looking through the archives has yielded nothing. Perhaps take a look here? https://redwall-lyrics.tumblr.com/tagged/return

Unfortunately, I’ve not managed to finish all my work with recording every song from every book, so it’s very possible it’s in a book after Lord Brocktree. I wish you the best of luck in your search, my friend!

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Hi. I'm not sure if you still use this but, I've been taking the poems from here and posting them on a signing page on a forum. D'ye think ye'll put up more book poems soon? Thanks! -Vilaya the Sable Quean

wow i have no idea how i missed this message, sorry vilaya! i do intend to someday finish all of the books, but no promises how quickly ill get through them!! thanks for taking interest in my little pet project!!

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Mother Nature Dear

Who taught the birds to sing? Why Mother Nature dear. Who told the winds an’ breeze to blow, Rain to fall an’ snow to snow, Rivers to run an’ streams to flow? Oh Mother Nature dear!

Who colored grass so green? Why Mother Nature dear. Who tells the moon, come out at night, And teaches stars to shine so bright, Then orders sun and clear daylight? Oh Mother Nature dear!

Who makes the seaons change? Why Mother Nature dear. Who says the seas must ebb and flow, An’ tells each tree how tall to grow, Then lets the days pass fast or slow? Oh Mother Nature dear, I see her plain an’ clear, She’s all around us here!”

-Songbreeze Swifteye, Marlfox

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“Goodwife Brimm, are you at ’ome? If’n you are ’tis only me, Now you won’t sit all alone, ’Cos I’ve brought some friends to tea!”

“If’n that’s who I think it be, Wot a din yore makin’, Seems to me I only see, Yore face when I’m bakin’!”

-Soll and Goodwife Brimm, Marlfox

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Midsummer midsummer the solstice is here, And now we give thanks to the day, We joyfully sing like the birds on the wing, For old winter is still far away. The high sun of noontide smiles down on us all,  Sending warmth to the earth from on high, Soon the autumn will yield, out in orchard and field,  Where the bounties of nature do lie. Midsummer midsummer the solstice is now, In the midst of this season so bright, Yea we sing, aye we sing, hear our glad voices ring, Far into this fine summer night.

-Redwall Midsummer Song, Marlfox

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Oh how could a hedgehog marry a mole, He's prickly prickly prickly, An' live with a squirrel all in a great hole, Very tickly tickly tickly. An' what if an otter could dance with a trout, He'd stay in the river an' never come out. Pray tell me whatever they'd all think o' me, Inviting a bumblebee in for its tea? Why they'd come in and join us for goodness' sake, For scones an' trifle an' blueberry cake, Elderflow'r cordial an' strawberry pie, Oh turn caterpillar to bright butterfly!

-Songbreeze Swifteye, Marlfox

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Green Rushes an’ Lilies so Pale

Green rushes green rushes an' lilies so pale, Pray sit ye down friend now an' list' to my tale, For the rivers flow fast an' the mountains are tall, An' across the wide moorlands the curlews do call, Dirry wallaker williker doddle rum day! 

Green rushes green rushes an' lilies so pale, Bring me bread'n'cheese an' some dandelion ale, An' light up a fire now to warm my cold paws, I'll sit here all winter till that river thaws, Skither riddle aye fiddle aye rumbletum hey! 

Green rushes green rushes an' lilies so pale, I've traveled so far over valley an' dale, Stale bread'n'hard cheese an' the ale isn't here, An' the fire isn't lit so 'tis goodbye, me dear, Rowtle dowtle rye tootle I go on me way! 

Green rushes pale lilies I'll bid ye good day! For where I'm not welcome I never would stay! An' to all you musicians I'd just like to say, If I've sung out too fast yore indulgence I pray!

-Songbreeze Swifteye, Marlfox

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Oh there's some fools take a bath each day, By rollin' in the mornin' dew, An' others who won't wash at all, But that ain't me nor you. Othersome take dry dust baths, An' reckon that they're clean, But if a watervole you be, Well you know wot I mean. Hoho, yiss yiss, hoho! 

Don't sit'n'shiver beside the river, Dive right in with a splosh, Grab hold of a good ole soapwort root, An' give yoreself a wash. Scrub hard scrub soft scrub lively, mate, Good health you'll never lack, An' if yore paws can't reach around, A fish'll scrub yore back. Hoho, yiss yiss, ho hoooooo!

-Riverhead vole tribe, Marlfox

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If you eat too much you'll sink the boat, Burst yore boots an' split yore coat, Just scoff enough so you stay afloat, 'Tis manners, good manners! If you pinch the vittles from another's plate, Wait till he's lookin' the other way, mate, An' when fish are bitin', don't eat the bait, 'Tis manners, good manners! If yore a shrew o' the Guosim clan, You must be sure to think of a plan, To share yore matey's pudden or flan, 'Tis manners, good manners! Remember to chew everythin' in sight, If it don't bite back, then get first bite, An' always take a basinful to bed each night, 'Tis manners, good manners!

-Dippler, Marlfox 

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Daybreak

Before the herald lark, Ere night's last teardrop falls, Like dewdrop from a rose, The rising Minstrel calls... - Songbreeze Swifteye, Marlfox

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Four Chieftains going forth, To bring back Redwall's heart, Vengeance, honor, friendship, Each will play their part. The flower bears my blade, And greenstick, Warrior's daughter, Join with the shortsword bearer, And one who lives by water. Before the herald lark, Ere night's last teardrop falls, With none to bid you fond farewell, Go! Leave these old red walls. - Martin the Warrior speaking through Dannflor Reguba, Marlfox

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I paint my face or wear a mask, For I'll be anybeast you ask, As I wander on my way. A skillful tumbler bounding high, A pitiful mope who'll make you cry, My actor's part I play. And what care you if I am sad, Or if ill fortune I have had, 'Tis just a clown, you say. Aye, just a droll who plays a part, Who travels in a painted cart, From dawn to dusk each day, An actor can be young or old, Figure of fun or hero bold, From tears to laughter without pause, I strut the stage to your applause, Then I look in my mirror and say, 'Hey, What fool shall I play today?' 

 -The Sensational Wandering Noonvale Companions Troupe, Marlfox

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An' if on an empty tummy I'm slain, Then I'll jolly well never get killed again, So pass the pudden an' fetch the pies, An' I'll give the foebeast a rotten surprise! 

-Florian Dugglewoof Wilffachop, Marlfox