FILK: One Small Child

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 54913

A song from the time right after Voldemort made that fateful visit to
Godric's Hollow:

Permission to archive granted, as long as I am credited as the author.

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One Small Child

(ttto One Tin Soldier)

Listen, Aurors, to my story
Heed you well this stirring tale
Of the Dark Lord, in his glory
Who thought he would never fail
Now the Dark Lord in his power
Possessed magicks dark and grim
Until in a fated hour
A baby in a cot foiled him!

Chorus:
The Dark Lord wanted to lead us,
Rule us with a rod of might,
We would never let him bleed us,
Though it seemed a hopeless fight,
But the Dark Lord was defeated,
How it was, no one can say,
Sitting blinking in the ruins,
Harry Potter saved the day!


When the Dark Lord came from nowhere,
Wielding powers quite arcane,
Many wizards joined with him there,
To help him achieve his reign,
Curses that should not be written
Slaughtered those who would not yield
And our peaceful Wizard Britain
Turned into a battlefield.

(Chorus)

Barty Crouch soon rose to power
Fighting on the side of good,
Strong as any stone-built tower,
Doing things none thought he could!
Gave the Aurors legal freedom
To use curses none may use
Swore they'd very seldom need 'em
Swore they'd not stoop to abuse.

(Chorus)

The Dark Lord hit Godric's Hollow,
On a fateful autumn night,
His "Trick-or-Treat" death would follow,
He was spreading evil's blight.
He killed James and Lily Potter,
Then he tried to kill their boy,
But the spell he used to slaughter
Reflected, did not destroy!

(Chorus)

Now all magic folk be joyous,
The Dark Mark no more we'll see
No more evil will destroy us,
Of our fears at last we're free!
Raise a glass to Harry Potter,
Whom the Dark Lord could not slay,
Butterbeer, beer, wine or water,
Drink to  "Harry Potter Day!"

(Chorus)


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