The Rat Had Come Out To Play (filk)

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 53365

This filk is a parody of "Molasses to Rum to Slaves", from the 
musical "1776".  

The original music can be found at this site:

http://www.broadwaymidi.com/shows/1776.html

It has recently come to my attention that the movie version of 1776 
has been shown in many of our Middle School history classes in 
America. There are a significant number of Harry Potter fans among 
them.  They have expressed their enjoyment of this-- how shall I put 
it-- "Joint Session" of the Second Continental Corgress and the 
Council of Wizards.  It is to these children I dedicate this filk.


                The Rat Had Come Out To Play

Scene: Sirius Black is in the Shrieking Shack, trying to explain to 
Harry, Ron and Hermione that he is innocent and why he has come to 
kill Peter Pettigrew, a.k.a. "Wormtail".


The Rat had come out to play.
I had to make my escape.
Twelve years too long
To right that wrong;
But the Rat had come out to play.


Twelve years I rotted in prison,
Filthy with dirt and with grime.
It took a toll
On my immortal soul,
In Azkaban where I did hard time.
Who cares if it wasn't my crime?


Then Fudge came out to make his inspection.
He praised the Dementors "wink wink".
Then I spied my foe short one toe 
In that newspaper pic.


The Rat had come out to play.
'Twas in Egypt his luck went astray.
Welcome news to this Hound,
In the "Prophet" it was found
That the Rat had come out to play.


Thank Merlin I'm an Animagus
I turned into Padfoot that day.
To Hogsmeade I ran
Away from Azkaban.
And now Wormtail would be my prey.
My ex-friend, Peter Pettigrew, had come out to play.

 
Harry, you musn't think my erstwhile friend
Merely betrayed his trust as Secret-Keeper to your    
parents.  Oh, no sir!  He not only subverted the Fidelius Charm, he 
killed others in service to 
You-Know-Who:  unsuspecting persons on the street.
Explosions in the streets. 
Killed them in the streets.  
Destroyed them in the streets.


At the pre-arranged moment he said the Curse,
"Avada! Avada Khedavra!"
Come! Listen to Peter.
"Avada! Avada Khedavra!"
He had become a Death Eater!
 
Dead, all of them!
Hear the count now:
One wizard; Muggle Muggle Muggle.
Thirteen were dead!
One wizard; Muggle Muggle Muggle Muggle.
Two kinds of people were destroyed,
Both races:  Non-Magical people; Wizarding people.
One wizard; Muggle Muggle Muggle.
Twelve Muggles dead!
Gas main blow; Left his toe-- No one was to know!
Muggle.  Muggle.  "Avada Khedavra!"


The Rat had come out to play.
Scurried to hide with the Weasleys,
Safe from inquiring eyes.
He was nobody's fool;
He was in Hogwarts School.
But Crookshanks was the best of all spies.
I finally will honor my vow
To James and to Lily!
Shall we kill him now?

(As we all know, Peter Pettigrew's life was spared by Harry's mercy.  
To what end will become clear in due time.)


Haggridd