Biography:
Mischief Brew was an anarchist folk-punk band. A wicked concoction by Erik Petersen – a musical feast falling somewhere between the categories of pirate punk, Celtic folk, gypsy swing, devilish jazz, American olde-tyme and country. It’s good music to stomp, kick, pogo, jitterbug, waltz, drink, twist and shout to – whether the performance is solo acoustic or with a backing band of accordion, drums, and mandolin.
Erik started making music at a young age
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Other songs:
- Coffee God And Cigarettes
- Lowly Carpenter
- A Liquor Never Brewed
- A Peasants Rebellion
- A Rebels Romance
- Aint It The Life
- All Our Comrades
- An Open Letter To The North American Continent
- Banks Of Marble
- Bury Me In Analog
- Buskers Wages
- Carried Away
- Departure Arrival
- Devil Of A Time
- Dirty Pennies
- Every Town Will Celebrate
- Fight Dirty
- Free Radical Radio Fever
- From The Rooftops
- Gratitude And Thanks
- Jobs In Steel Town
- Labor Day Massacre
- Liberty Unmasked
- Nevada City Serenade
- Nomads Revolt
- O Pennsyltucky
- Oh Sweet Misery
- Old Tyme Memry
- On The Sly
- Paris Warlike
- Punx Win
- Ramblers Ghost
- Roll Me Through The Gates Of Hell
- Save A City
- Slow Death Hymn
- Smash Potwatching
- Stuffs Weird
- The Ballad Of The Cloth
- The Barrel
- The Drunk Of Three Nights
- The Midnight Special
- The Reinvention Of The Printing Press
- Watching Scotty Die
- Weapons
- What Reason Have They To Dance
- When It Rains
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What Reason Have They to Dance?
It's technically an Orphans tune but I figure more people will see it here.
Let me know if I messed some stuff up.
Rest in Power Erik
[Verse 1]
G
Today in a village of famine,
D
A feast was had by all
So stop all the presses
C D
and listen for the riots and brawls
G
But no rifles were aimed at comrades,
C
Only at our fascist lords
D
There were ghosts of
Winstanley’s farmers
C
When they were wielding
D
Ploughs not swords
[Chorus]
G C
What reason have they to dance
And to sing?
D
Their pockets are all empty,
C D
They've no stewards, queens or kings
G
No bosses, laws or order
C
Marching armies must we bring
D
To give them all a reason
C
Now to dance
D
And to sing!
[Verse 2]
G
Hush scholar of history,
D
Do not write a word
D
We'll make repetition out of precedents,
C D
See that this dream goes deferred
G
Tell of insatiable greed within us
C
And how the rebellion didn't work
D
So in a hundred years it's forgotten
C D
Shift the tale and shift the worth
[Chorus]
G C
What reason have they to dance and to sing?
D
Their pockets are all empty,
C D
They've no stewards, queens or kings
G
No bosses, laws or order
C
Marching armies must we bring
D
To give them all a reason
C D
Now to dance and to sing!
[Instrumental]
D C B A G
???
[Verse 3]
G
Where the women took up arms
C
To kill the fascists to protect life
D
Where the food was freed at last
C D
For all the people's fork and knife
[Chorus]
G C
'Tis the reason they have to dance and to sing
D
Their pockets are all empty,
C D
They've no stewards, queens or kings
G
No bosses, laws or order,
C D
Everyone has everything
D
Each day gives them a reason now
C D C B A G
To dance and to sing!
It's technically an Orphans tune but I figure more people will see it here.
Let me know if I messed some stuff up.
Rest in Power Erik
[Verse 1]
G
Today in a village of famine,
D
A feast was had by all
So stop all the presses
C D
and listen for the riots and brawls
G
But no rifles were aimed at comrades,
C
Only at our fascist lords
D
There were ghosts of
Winstanley’s farmers
C
When they were wielding
D
Ploughs not swords
[Chorus]
G C
What reason have they to dance
And to sing?
D
Their pockets are all empty,
C D
They've no stewards, queens or kings
G
No bosses, laws or order
C
Marching armies must we bring
D
To give them all a reason
C
Now to dance
D
And to sing!
[Verse 2]
G
Hush scholar of history,
D
Do not write a word
D
We'll make repetition out of precedents,
C D
See that this dream goes deferred
G
Tell of insatiable greed within us
C
And how the rebellion didn't work
D
So in a hundred years it's forgotten
C D
Shift the tale and shift the worth
[Chorus]
G C
What reason have they to dance and to sing?
D
Their pockets are all empty,
C D
They've no stewards, queens or kings
G
No bosses, laws or order
C
Marching armies must we bring
D
To give them all a reason
C D
Now to dance and to sing!
[Instrumental]
D C B A G
???
[Verse 3]
G
Where the women took up arms
C
To kill the fascists to protect life
D
Where the food was freed at last
C D
For all the people's fork and knife
[Chorus]
G C
'Tis the reason they have to dance and to sing
D
Their pockets are all empty,
C D
They've no stewards, queens or kings
G
No bosses, laws or order,
C D
Everyone has everything
D
Each day gives them a reason now
C D C B A G
To dance and to sing!
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