Hogwarts Wizard School (A Filk for the Harry Fortnight)

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 17676

Hogwarts Wizard School

Dedicated to Catherine

(To the tune of Sunset Boulevard)

(The Scene: Before Hogwarts' Castle. Enter HARRY)

HARRY
Raised by the Dursleys
Against their will,
Orphaned outcast, they fed me swill
They had me always bound in fetters
But after ten years 
Of cupboard hell
With spider webs 
Their screams and yells
I was delivered by your letters

Hogwarts Wizard School
Magic Wizard School
Wonderful and weird, a little scary
Hogwarts Wizard School
Cherished Wizard School
Just the place for this young lad named Harry

I soon joined a house
I made the team 
The whole thing seemed as if a dream 
But there's a fly upon the ointment
A Dark Wizard whom 
I stopped before
Who killed my folks
Lord Voldemort
Vows he'll avenge his disappointment

Hogwarts Wizard School
Mystic Wizard School
Far beyond the mundane world of Muggles
Hogwarts Wizard School
Stormy Wizard School
The epicenter of our epic struggles

They've hunted for me
Since I arrived here
First it was Quirrell
Backed up by Voldy
Then it was Riddle
Inside his diary
Fearsome Dementors
Tried to un-soul me

I spared Wormtail
Who double-crossed us
Helped restore Voldy
Who's back among us
He tried to slay me
Instead killed Cedric
Crouch took the next shot
The old Polyjuice ploy......

I've changed a lot 
Over four years
I've friends who've helped me persevere
Whenever my heart started saggin'
With Hermione 
And Ron, the Twins,
Black, Dumbledore,
Remus Lupin, 
Hagrid and his
Forbidden dragons

Hogwarts Wizard School
Learnèd Wizard School
Instructing us in magic arts and science
Hogwarts Wizard School
Valiant Wizard School
Forging an unbreakable alliance

Darkness will give way
And then the dawn
Unfurls her light till gloom's withdrawn
The end of Voldy's revolution
But as we await 
What fate intends
I can't but mourn 
For all those friends
Who face predestined execution

Hogwarts Wizard School
Magic Wizard School
Only now have we reached The Beginning
Hogwarts Wizard School
Tragic Wizard School
Soon the ranks of heroes will be thinning
Here at Hogwarts Wizard School!

(With a flourish of his robe, HARRY exits to Gryffindor Tower)

   - CMC