FILKS: We’re Bereft of You-Know-Who & Anti-Potter Ops

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 96080

I've figured out how to use every song and recitative in the piece, 
so over the next few weeks I'll be retooling Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS 
Pinafore as a Sorcerer's Stone musical titled HMS Dumbledore (HMS = 
Hogwarts Magical Supervisor). Here are the opening two songs (two 
others were posted earlier in the week)

We're Bereft of You-Know-Who & Anti-Potter Ops (PS/SS, Chap. 1)

To the tune of We Sail the Ocean Blue and I'm Called Little Buttercup 
from Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore 

NOTE: "Ops" in the sense of military or covert operations

MIDIS at:
http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/pinafore/web_opera/pn01.html

http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/pinafore/web_opera/pn02.html

Dedicated to sTAR OPAL


THE SCENE: Privet Drive. Vernon Dursley pulls up in his driveway 
after a long day at the factory, and is startled to see first one man 
in a long cloak  - then another – then another – then a woman 
similarly garbed  – until the entire street is crowded with 
celebratory sorcerers. Disgusted, Vernon invites Petunia to see what 
is going on – they are startled by a display of fireworks and a flock 
of owls, and retreat into their house. The wizards and witches burst 
into song, as, to the side, a stern-looking cat looks on with 
disapproval.

CHORUS — WIZARDS & WITCHES
We're bereft of You-Know-Who,
Let's commence a celebration
Spread the news by owl and Floo
All throughout the Magic nation.
As our Dedalus D.
Incredulously	
Shoots stars through the sky all day
We will dance through the town
In our Wizarding gowns
To rejoice on LV's last day!

WITCHES
Oh joy! Oh joy!

WIZARDS
Old Dedalus D!

WITCHES
Oh joy! Oh joy!

WIZARDS
Incredulously

WITCHES
Shoots stars through the sky, through the sky all day

WIZARDS & WITCHES
We're bereft of You-Know-Who,
And his awful reign is over
Let us make a great ado
Who cares if we blow our cover?
But there is one great puzzle
Now, who was the one who muzzled
And managed to subdue
The evil You-Know-Who?

Hurrah! 

(Exit Chorus of Wizards & Witches, leaving behind the stern-looking 
cat. Enter Albus Dumbledore, with a bag of lemon drops. He addresses 
the cat, who transfigures back to Minvera McGonagall)

DUMBLEDORE: RECITATIVE

Hail, Minerva M. —  Animagic feline
Here is an end, at last, of one so malign
Why I've sent you —  in town to be bored
I'll tell you of the Potters and Dark Lords

DUMBLEDORE: ARIA ("Miss Buttercup")

It was through Anti-Potter ops — foul Anti-Potter ops,
That made James and Lily die
`Twas through Voldy's Potter ops — cruel anti-Potter ops,
Bsae Anti-Potter ops, aye!

At home in the Hollow, therewith Voldy followed
And slew both of them, one by one
But he near expired when his spell misfired
And failed to murder their son

I've just sent out to Hagrid to bring back the stray kid
To be raised here on Privet Drive
He'll grow up obscurer quite far from the furor
Surrounding the "Boy Who Survived."

Thus blowback from Potter ops made dear old Voldy drop;
No one is really sure why
Let's wait for the Potter tot — brave little Potter tot;
Oh, how we owe this young guy!

    -	CMC

HARRY POTTER FILKS 
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