legendarium:poems:the_dragon_who_lived_in_the_sewers
The Dragon who lived in the sewers-O
By Wyn Roth
- Oh, I'll tell ye a tale that's not so old
- A tale of the brave, the proud and the bold.
- The tale of the dragon who eyes bright glowed,
- The Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
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- Yes, the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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- Oh, once the zoo kept beasts that thought
- With no concern for if they ought
- Until the queen with sympathy
- Did speak the words that set them free
- Their keepers groaned and grumbled loud
- But swore an oath they’d not be cowed
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- So the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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- The unbowed keepers went neath ground
- With dragon’s egg that they had found
- They raised the young, til mother came
- And put an end to their mad game
- She raised her young, in filth and grime
- And hunted in the woods, part-time
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- Did the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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- Poor Wilric rode the dragon’s mouth,
- Toward the city, flying south
- With Roths and Jackson giving chase
- Were hot of foot and red of face
- As Claire sends warning to the gate
- In hope the troopers won’t be late.
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- For the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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- Thence deep beneath the city fair
- Where few remember, fewer dare.
- Did Kezra, Heath and Jackson face
- The mother dragon in her base.
- The Dragon’s winning, Kezra falls
- But Gedd the Ranger’s standing tall
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- By the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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- His sword at ready, primed to strike,
- He saved the youngling from the spike.
- Then speaking freely with the dam
- Negotiated cunning plan.
- The dragons leave the city free
- Took wing to forests by the sea
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- Flew the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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- Youngling did come of age that day
- As he beheld the bloody fray.
- He chose his name to honour Gedd
- T'was Roth, he chose – that thoroughbred,
- Gedd and his siblings did respond,
- And with tattoos they sealed the bond.
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- T'was young Roth who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
- T'was the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
- Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o!
Wyn and his siblings helped to defeat a dragon living in the sewers of the city of Valerez, this how the dragon got his name - and the Roths got their tattoos.
legendarium/poems/the_dragon_who_lived_in_the_sewers.txt · Last modified: 2023/02/11 15:53 by johnb