"Forge Me A Ring" genre: Acoustic
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	The poor son of a blacksmith is transformed by the request from a stranger to forge a magic ring. This story is from the pirate fantasies and legends of Hucklescary Finn, from Portland, Oregon.x
	CD: The Last Days of Scamalot   Label: Scabbydisc Music (BMI) Credits: Kevin Hendrickson
	Story Behind the Song I've writer dozens of songs about the ancient pirate kingdom of scamalot, where two brother-kings were once transformed by the wearing of magic rings. This song tells the story of a poor child who may be more than he seems. He encounters a mysterious pers on who asks him to forge a ring of great power and magic, and discovers a source of magic within himself. This song was written in 1999, and slowly recorded part by part over a two-year period (and has nothing to do with Lord of the Rings.) I recorded the bass track first, picked like a guitar and heavily compressed. Then an acoustic guitar and another, deeper bass track. I did two takes of the vocal, and then let the song sit for about a year. When I came back to it I overdubbed drums. I erased over one of the vocals with a backing vocal track instead.y Lyrics Just the song of a blacksmith dirty faced little fellow breathing fumes of the bellows learn your father's trade Forge me a blade, forge me a blade Let me pay you in gold Just the son of a blacksmith barefoot boy running 'round in the streets of Scamalo t 'til you get that one order that changes everything Forge me a ring, forge me a ring Let me pay you in gold And so it goes over and over and by and by poor little soldier you'll be king once again And when you go off little rover follow always the path lined with clover 'til I find you again Just the son of a blacksmith growing up in a poor town running round like a poor clown Forge me a ring, forge me a ring A ring a ching ching!

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