Fw: Filk Lyrics

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 28735

I obtained the permission of the author, and would like to share this song
with you all.
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Warneke
To: oppen at cnsinternet.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:22 PM
Subject: Filk Lyrics


Hi Eric

It was nice meeting you at OVFF this year. Thanks for your interest
in my little "scribblings". The following is the text of my Harry Potter
filk. The usual caveats apply, ie, please make sure that
my name and credits remain associated with the lyrics if you decide to
share them with anyone else, and should you be insane enough to actually
attempt to perform this "drek" in public, I wouldn't take it amiss if you
should
assign the blame where it is due! Thanks!


Enjoy!

Art Warneke
warnart2 at naspa.net

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Nearly Headless Nick by ALW III
ttto: Ann Boleyn
(= With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm - Traditional)
Am Dm Am Dm Am
Now in Hogwarts School of Wizardry they say
E E7 Am E7 Am
The poltergeists and ghosts roam through the halls
Dm Am Dm Am
In Gryffindor's high tower there resides
E E7 Am E7 Am
A gentlemanly Cavalier so tall
Dm G Am
That dashing noble ghost of high re-nown
Dm B7 E7
Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porping-ton
Chorus
Am
With his head, not so firmly on his neck
Dm E7
He walks - the Hogwarts tow'rs
Dm Am
With his head just, barely on his neck
B7 E7
At the mid-night hour
Am G Dm Am
Sir Nicholas de Mimsey, in seventeen oh six
G Dm Am
Argued with a noble, got him-self in quite a fix
Dm Em E7
A clumsy axeman's errant strokes did not quite do the trick
Am E7 Am
Now he's known as nearly headless Nick
Spoken: That's Sir Nicholas de Mimsey, if you please!
Chorus
Am G Dm Am
Along the Hogwarts corridors, be careful where you go
G Dm Am
You shouldn't walk right through a ghost 'cause everybody knows
Dm Em E7
That if you do you'll catch a chill to freeze you to your toes
Am E7 Am
>From Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porping-ton
Spoken: You REALLY think I'm scary??! So kind of you to say so!
Chorus
Am Dm Am Dm Am
Now Nick applied to join the Headless Hunt
E E7 Am E7 Am
To play at ghostly games with all the crew
Dm Am Dm Am
Sir Patrick then po-litely pointed out
E E7 Am E7 Am
That his application simply wouldn't do
Dm G Am
He didn't quali-fy to join the hunt
Dm B7 E7
Because the axe that struck him down was just too blunt
Spoken: You'd think they'd get it right after 45 tries, wouldn't you?!)
Chorus
Am G Dm Am
Harry Potter has snuck out, he's breaking curfew with his friends
G Dm Am
Filch and Mrs. Norris have just come around the bend
Dm Em E7
Looks like the house of Gryffindor will loose more points a-gain
(Spoken: Oh bother!)
Am E7 Am E Am
Said Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porping-ton
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