FILK: Turn Back, Champion

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 57005

This is a filk of the song "Turn Back O Man", from the musical 
"Godspell", titled "Turn Back, Champion".

This filk is dedicated to Caius Marcus, whose filks are always "Good 
News".

               Turn Back, Champion

SCENE:  The hedge maze in the Third Task of the Tri-Wizard 
Tournament.  Harry encounters the Sphinx.


SPHINX:
Turn back, Champion; 
Forswear thy foolish quest.
To reach the Cup
My riddle must be guessed.
Guess right, pass on; 
Guess wrong and I attack.
Guess not at all,
And I let you go back.


Turn back, Champion (do you want to try it?) 
Turn back, Champion (mmm, the choice is yours) 
Turn back, Champion (can you do it?) 
Forswear thy foolish quest.

HARRY:  
(Before I'm caught in the middle, can I hear the riddle?)

SPHINX:
First, think of he
Who travels in disguise,
And deals in secrets,
Telling naught but lies. 
Next tell what's last;
The very end of end. 
Middle of middle,
And the last thing to mend. 

Turn back, Champion...(Er... what was that last word?) 
Turn back, Champion... (Now string them together.)
Turn back, Champion... (Kiss off, Big Boy!) 
Forswear thy foolish quest. 

HARRY: 
Wait, slowly now,
And I'll give it a try.
That bad man must be
A dirty rotten Spy.
Then at the end
You said something like this:
"Er..." was the word,
And something 'bout a kiss.
Kiss... spy... er--
A Spider! Sphinx, Good-bye!

(C'mere Cedric, I got something to show ya!)

SPHINX:
Turn back, Champion; 
Forswear thy foolish quest.
To reach the Cup
My riddle must be guessed.
Guess right, pass on; 
Guess wrong and I attack.
Guess not at all,
And I let you go back.

Turn back, Champion 
Turn back, Champion 
Turn back, Champion 
Forswear thy foolish quest! 

HARRY AND CEDRIC: 
Bye-Bye, Sphinxie!