To the tune of "The Bonny Ship The Diamond"

With apologies to The Corries, The Longest Johns, and whoever it was that decided to put word to music back then.

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There's agents gone away, they have, to a new Word World they're bound,

Their history is garnished all with bonny lasses round.

The Sunflower gave the order for to end a bloody tide,

In fics where glitter breaks the brain like darkness dims the sky.

Chorus (after each verse):

And it's go, break the words, be they purple or stale,

For the bonny Ix and Charlotte go a-fishing through the fail.

And it's go, break the words, be they purple or stale,

For the bonny Ix and Charlotte go a-fishing through the fail.

Along Headquarters' corridors, the agents stand around,

Black jumpsuits pulled about them and the salt tears running down.

Now don't you weep, my dearest friends, though you be left behind,

For you'll get a paid vacation 'ere those agents change their minds

Chorus

Three cheers to the Aviator, likewise to her good friend Dawn,

Here's a health to the Bonnefoy lad and Zeb, that ship of fire and fame.

But clad in jackets midnight-black, with all-else that shade too,

When Ix and Charlotte shall return, they'll have fine scars anew

Chorus

Oh, stars be bright both day and night when Assassin girls come home,

With pockets full of fandom junk, and trade wares to their name.

They'll push their bunks together and their blankets shall they share,

And saying more will constitute bad slash again, I fear!

Chorus x2

It's a great song, and the Ban is a great subject for a PPC filk. It gives me fuzzy, nostalgic thoughts of Agent Trojanhorse.

~Neshomeh

For what is Misty Mountains Cold but the Theme Shanty of the Quest for Erebor? /bricked

As for the chariot song, I think...

Eledhwen: And five bars of chocolate wouldn't do me any harm...
Christianne: Yes it would.
Eledhwen: No, it wouldn't!

Christianne: And a shot of Bleepuvour wouldn't do us any harm...

The Disentangler: And my sonic pen returned wouldn't do us any harm...
Eledhwen: If you want it, come and claim it.

The Agent: And an Earl Grey crumpet wouldn't do us any harm...

Lori Starrett and Bill Fallis: And some time off with our son wouldn't do us any harm...

[A shiny new DBS Agent I am working on]: What is happening?!
Christianne: Singing! You can sing in English, right?
[DBS Agent, managing to sing to the tune]: 你俩别要撒狗粮，我就觉得很好了*
Christianne: ...That works, too.

All: And we won't be long behind!

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*Translation: If you two stop doing PDA, I'll be very happy

But, to add a few more verses

And a big sack of loot wouldn't do us any harm...!

And a full night of sleep wouldn't do us any harm...!

And a real hunk of beef wouldn't do us any harm...!

And a quick in-and-out wouldn't do us any harm...!

Taq: And a cheap pint of ale wouldn't do us any harm...!

Peregrin (having figured out the pattern but not the context): And a ream full of leaves wouldn't do us any harm...!

Farah: And a nice flawless warp wouldn't do us any harm...!

Kkukttak: And a slow merchant ship wouldn't do us any harm! And a slow—

Farah: You're being really insensitive, you know

Kkukttak: But am I wrong? And it's not like we haven't done any plundering.

Farah: Still, this is a merchant song and that's just rude

Everyone else, ignoring the argument:

And we'll roll the old loony bin along,
We'll roll the old loony bin along,
We'll roll the old loony bin along,
And we won't be long behind.

First it was getting the giggles after a test verse and chorus. Now...well, I only skimmed before, and thought surely I could try just singing it, since I know the tune well and the words seem to fit well so far.

And then that backfired when I got to "Leggy" and just broke off to laugh for a bit. At this rate I'll end up having to post outtakes or something!

~Z

ETA: Have now given it a quick run through. Boromir's verse kind of got me as well. Let's see if I can make it all the way through now...

Reviewing the words in case I get a chance to do some recording myself, though it looks like I have a full week of work ahead. Sigh.

[OT complaining]

I wouldn't mind so much if my annotation side-job wasn't still about conciseness, which is an incredibly tedious thing to evaluate for one thousand lines. First I gotta read to understand the line's meaning, then I gotta read again to decide if it's overly wordy or not, and if it is, then I gotta read the correction provided to see if it's an improvement or not. When half the lines are legalese, it's utterly mind-numbing and takes forever, and I hate feeling so sluggish at this when I felt like the Flash on the last project (reading for incorrect verb forms).

Every now and then I get something that seems to have come from a godawful erotic story, though; those lines are at least entertainingly bad, and often easier to judge, too. Kinda wish I could just edit that, but OTOH, it looks like rubbish, so that would only make for a different kind of brain damage.

[/OT complaining]

Anyway. Really just wanted to check about that one word. ^_^;

~Neshomeh