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The Quest of the Whispering Woods
Commemorating Barad Duin's Mid Reign June 1998 at Lake Sommervell) (Note: The time of day
was changed to facilitate a rhyme, and we all know that tales can get larger with the telling!)
Tune: The Fox Words: Ginger HulsoppleC
We all went out on a questing night
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And prayed to the moon to give us light
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For we'd many a foe to slay that night
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Before we reached the court-o, court-o, court-o
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We'd many a foe to slay that night before we reached the court-o.C
2. We came upon a gypsy lass
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We gave her beads, she raised her glass;
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We filled her cup, she let us pass
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And we were soon on our way-o, way-o, way-o
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We filled her cup, she let us pass and we were soon on our way-o.C
3. We stepped up to a creeky bend
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There were trolls 8-9-10
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Said "A couple of you will grease our chins
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And we will chew on your bones-o, bones-o, bones-o
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Said "A couple of you will grease our chins and we will chew on your bones-o.C
4. We raised our swords, we raised them high.
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We answered their riddles, so we got by
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And hit the trail without a sigh,
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For we had more quests to try-o, try-o, try-o
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And hit the trail without a sigh, for we had more quests to try-o.C
5. We came upon the Death Knights three.
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Then Archers vile in the woods saw we.
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We fought and we ran till we came to a lea
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And we stopped to catch our breath-o, breath-o, breath-o
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We fought and we ran till we came to a lea and we stopped to catch our breath-o.C
6. And there we met a unicorn
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She shook her head. She raised her horn.
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We gave her an apple to eat in the morn,
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Then we were back on our way-o, way-o, way-o
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We gave her an apple to eat in the morn, then we were back on our way-o.C
7. And there was a monk just a-sittin' in a tree,
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Happily drinking wine was he.
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He gave us a grail and blessings three
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For the wizards were next on the trail-o, trail-o, trail-o.
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He gave us a grail and blessings three for the wizards were next on the trail-o.C
8. We walked up to the Wizards' Den.
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April and Mikey were found there-in.
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We had to offer a diamond pin
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For we'd given their food to the trolls-o, trolls-o, trolls-o,
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We had to offer a diamond pin for we'd given their food to the trolls-o.C
9. Next we came to a Minotaur
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As riddlers go, he was best by far.
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We took our prize and homeward sped
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For we'd run right out of time-o, time-o, time-o,
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We took our prize and homeward sped for we'd run right out of time-o.C
10. We huffed and we puffed till we came to a road,
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Followed it round as far as it would go.
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Our Feasting skill t'was time to show
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Then revel into the night-o, night-o, night-o,
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Our Feasting skill t'was time to show then revel into the night-o.C
11. Now this is our tail of the Whispering Wood.
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We quested brave, we quested good.
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We raise a toast to Azhara (spoken) “VIVAT! “
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And to our friends, Good Health-o, Health-o, Health-o,
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