HFS War – Take Two
Written on the way home from the War in April 1999, as the Bard recalled the saga of that many-sided confrontation, she realized that the entire group of combatants had been successfully captured by the wondrous smells and flavours from the Kitchen Army!  Tune:  Irish Rover   Words:  Ginger Hulsopple

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In the spring we did meet at the place all agreed was the best spot to have us a war
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As the land dragons roared, we arrived in a horde from our kingdoms both near & quite far
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With our tents and our packs and our weapons in stacks Our adrenaline, it runneth over
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Oh the Realms were combined.  We had come here to find
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Who still stood when the War was over.

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There was Barad Du-in, who tried to do us in
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And Challain with its brave wall of shields  (Oh those shields!)
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And__ fair Drandmir brought Impossibles to fear As Nezzie-Poo’s arm cleared the field!
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There were Dark Jesters too, with fair Topaz to view;
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Serata’s team they came from the borders
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The Bhurtokians stood for as long as they could
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And we wondered what this War was over

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There were one million shades of brave Silver Spire blades
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There were two million daggers in the air  (In the air)
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There were three million falls of those deadly spell balls
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There were four million arrows in our hair
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There were five millions swords of barbarian hordes; there were six million bees in the clover
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There were seven million bands of assassins’ sneaky hands
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And we fought till the War was over.

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Well the field cleared out fast with a mighty Windblast
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As the Southern kingdom held to the hill (Oh that bloody hill!)
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Oh, we fought and we ran up until the last stand as Ragnarok, it tested our will
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Then the fighting, it stopped (pause) and our appetites popped
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As the army from the Kitchen took us over
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We had Feast.  We had Court.  That’s the tale I report,
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And the second yearly War was over!

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