FILK: At The Burrow

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 91355

Six down, five to go on my latest musical

At The Burrow

To the tune of At the Ballet, from A Chorus Line

Dedicated to Pixieberry

MIDI at:

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WORMTAIL sings about the only time in life when he felt true love and 
happiness

WORMTAIL:
Minnie always said, "He's a very poor wizard,
Not in their league, not in their league"
When I enrolled she informed my mother
I would probably not graduate
And that's Peter Pettigrew,
That's Peter Pettigrew,
Me, Peter Pettigrew --
She pitied me.

School at Hogwarts wasn't much for my ego
I was so stumbling and shy
My so-called friends, they were so patronizing
My fellow Animagi
I heard their constant slurs
Cause I was just one who never knew success 
Not one was warm, well, not to me ...dumb and useless

But ev'rything was beautiful at the Burrow
Redhead boys kept rodent pets well fed.
Yes, ev'rything was beautiful at the Burrow,
Hey! I was happy at the Burrow.
(spoken) I loved my Burrow life
.

(music)
Snoozing in a patch of golden sunlight
Free to sleep or perhaps to roam
Each and ev'ry day and ev'ry fun night
I was a parasite, I was a parasite,
I was a parasite in Weasleys' home.

Lily always struck me as very attractive
Once I grew up, once I grew up
"Peter," she said, 
"I've a special someone,
And I'll marry: marry your good pal James"
I knew she should not be mine
I knew she would not be mine
I knew she could not be mine
I hated them.
OK, they were "nice," but I was sworn for vengeance.
Payback is what it's about.
There was nothing to be gained by resistance
So I sold everyone out.
So "valorous" was something I'd never be
But it was clear, if Voldy won,
I'd be homefree!

VOLDEMORT & WORMTAIL
Then ev'rything went horrible at the Hollow

WORMTAIL
Voldemort, you sang your song of swan.

VOLDEMORT
Yes, ev'rything went horrible at the Hollow
Yikes! 

WORMTAIL 
What a pity!
At the Hollow

VOLDEMORT & WORMTAIL
In a quaint and rather cozy cottage
An AK in a child's room
Lily laid a trap that had some wattage

VOLDEMORT
She was a paragon 

WORMTAIL
She was a paragon

VOLDEMORT & WORMTAIL
I/He slew that paragon, then we were doomed

WORMTAIL (spoken)
I didn't know where to turn to now, really! I mean, my being Secret-
Keeper was supposed to secure the Dark Lord's triumph. But when I 
arrived at Godric's Hollow in the immediate aftermath, I said, "Well, 
I thought this was going to help, but I guess it's not." Anyway, I 
did have a fantastic escape plan.  I confronted Sirius in a street 
full of Muggles, and I said to him, "Sirius, how could you?" Then, 
before he could do a thing, I sliced off one of my fingers, and 
KERBLOOEY!!."  And as I fled in rodent form, I thought, "Sirius, you 
are truly screwed."
 
(CHORUS OF DEATH EATERS provide Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doos in the 
background)

WORMTAIL(music)
Later that year in Diagon
When I was hiding in the Menagerie and when
That's when they came
That's when they came
I jumped for joy inside my rodent cage
They seemed warm, `least to me

It was the Weasley clan, and Art said,
"Percy, would you like this rat?"
And he said, "Daddy, I would love it.!"

(The lights dim, except for a single spotlight on WORMTAIL, which 
transforms itself into that patch of golden sunlight in which 
Scabbers used to luxuriate)

WORMTAIL & CHORUS 
Ev'rything was beautiful at the Burrow
Howling ghouls and ample love to share 
Yes, ev'rything was beautiful at the Burrow
At the Burrow... At the Burrow...

WORMTAIL
Yes ev'rything was beautiful at the Burrow
Hey!
I was furry
I was fuzzy
I was fattened
At the Burrow! 

   -	CMC

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