User:Mauran Axestripe/Mauran's Songs and Poems

The Long Patrol

 * ''Sometimes I sit,straight back and all,
 * ''And think about leaving Redwall,
 * ''And travel along the snake of blue,
 * ''To find brave hares, noble and true.


 * ''They would be as fast as a gale,
 * ''And be able to follow a trail,
 * ''Patrol hares, so swift and tall,                        [[Image:Basil_tv.JPG|thumb]]
 * ''Great commanders, warriors all!


 * ''Then after we'd have some food and drink,
 * ''And I'd hear some medals go clinketty-clink,
 * ''They'd rise and march away,
 * ''And call, "Come join us someday!"

Taggerung!

 * ''Swift and silent as a breeze,
 * ''Always careful not to sneeze,
 * ''Taggerung!
 * ''Oh Taggerung, none can best thee,
 * ''Even those further than thy can see.
 * ''Taggerung! Zann Juska Taggerung!


 * ''Deyna, the babe at the ford,
 * ''Who was taken by a vermin lord,
 * ''Taggerung!
 * ''Deyna, an otter brought up to kill,
 * ''Even though 'twas against his will.
 * ''Taggerung! Zann Juskarath Taggerung!


 * ''Gruven Zann, false Taggerung,
 * ''Could prob'ly be killed with a bung,                   [[Image:Taggerung.jpg|thumb]]
 * ''Taggerung!
 * ''"Gruven Zann! Juskazann!
 * ''Take our name, rule our clan."
 * ''Taggerung! Zann Juskazann Taggerung!


 * ''Ruggan Bor, a dangerous fox,
 * ''Wish he was shut in a box,
 * ''Taggerung!
 * ''Ruggan Bor,
 * ''Awfully tall,
 * ''Taggerung! Zann Juskabor Taggerung!


 * ''Swift and silent as a breeze,
 * ''Always careful not to sneeze,
 * ''Taggerung!
 * ''Oh Taggerung, none can best thee,
 * ''Even those further than thy can see.
 * ''Taggerung! Zann Juska Taggerung!

Log-a-Log

 * ''Ho, Log-a-Log wuz a meany beast,
 * ''Could finish a whole Red'all feast,
 * ''Sharp rapier an' ears so fine,
 * ''Bolting down food, guzzlin' wine!


 * ''Oh, Log-a-Log 'as a tum like yores,
 * ''He'll kick ye down on four paws,
 * ''Crack yore back, break yore tail,
 * ''Then on yore 'ead he'll shove a pail!


 * ''Once he went out on a boat,
 * ''Sliced a ferret an' chopped a stoat,
 * ''An' a young shrew named Brodda Tog
 * ''Yelled, "Hip hooray for Log-a-Log!"

Foremole's Song
(I originally wrote this one normally, but Foremole said he couldn't speak like that, so I tried writing it in molespeech.)


 * ''Oi bee's a moler, straight 'n troo,
 * ''Moi gurtest dooty is t' serve yoo,
 * ''An' oo diggen the biggurst 'oles?
 * ''On'y us 'uns, we be moles!


 * ''We diggum oop, we diggum daown,
 * ''We diggum soidways an' araown,
 * ''An' if'n ye get stuck loike ee stop,
 * ''We'll pull ee oot with a pop!


 * ''Oi bee's a moler, wi' gurt diggen claws,
 * ''An' oi betcha they're nort loike yores,
 * ''Coz oi'm a moler,
 * ''A maker of holers,
 * ''But oi 'ardly use moi jaws.


 * ''We diggum oop, we diggum daown,
 * ''We diggum soidways an' araown,
 * ''An' if'n ye get stuck loike ee stop,
 * ''We'll pull ee oot with a pop!

The Battle of The Thousand

 * ''Here I am, so tall and proud,
 * ''The marching feet are very loud,
 * ''I'm fighting for the Abbey of Redwall,
 * ''And now, I'm going off to war.


 * ''The foe is said to be a thousand strong,
 * ''There's so many things that could go wrong,
 * ''What will my comrades say,
 * ''If they have to leave there and I have to stay?


 * ''I dislike vermin, I dislike them bad,
 * ''It is in my mind to leave them sad,
 * ''I'll chop off their tails, I'll chop off their ears,
 * ''I'll cut them so bad they'll burst into tears.


 * ''Here they come, so ugly and fierce,
 * ''Oh no! One of my friends one did pierce.
 * ''I didn't know, why did I come?
 * ''If I die, what will happen to Mum?


 * ''There's an ugly mug in front of me,
 * ''I'm so full of rage I can hardly see,
 * ''I stab blindly with my spear,
 * ''Why, oh why did I want to come HERE?


 * ''This ridge is a terrible place,
 * ''The Thousand don't give you much space,
 * ''Oof! That weasel got me bad,
 * ''The vermin are making me sad!


 * ''Oh mother, I just want to sleep,
 * ''And have a peace ever so deep.
 * ''What has happened to my friends?
 * ''And will I ever, ever mend?


 * ''"'I cannot tell you what my heart longed to say,
 * ''When I had to leave here, and you had to stay.'
 * ''Pasque wrote these words, her tongue was tied
 * ''At the braveness of those warriors that died."

Parsley's Lifelong Love
(Parsley will be outraged when I read this to him. Haha!)


 * ''Ho, pass me a flan or two,
 * ''I'll swallow them with one chew,
 * ''And also some of that cake,
 * ''Mmm! And that last slice I'll take.


 * ''Now let's try that cheese,
 * ''Aaachoo! It makes me sneeze,
 * ''And please pass me the jelly,
 * ''Whaaa? No way, not on your Nellie!


 * ''I'll gobble this, and gobble that,
 * ''And wash down with fizz,
 * ''I'll probably end up pudgy an' fat,
 * ''And faint while in a tizz!

Ode to Queen Jallegur
(Taken from Silth, Queen of Marlfoxes)


 * ''Queen Jallegur was the greatest of all.
 * ''She was beautiful, graceful and tall,
 * ''Brought down by the most poi-son-ous.
 * ''Made by one most trea-son-ous!
 * ''So she is not here todaaaaay!
 * ''To guide us to the right waaaaay!
 * ''May a similar death come to the culprrrit!
 * ''This curse to the killer is now wrrrit!

Terana the Traitor
(This one is terrible, I know, but who cares?)


 * ''"Terana," said the little fox,
 * ''"I need to make sure the Queen is dead.
 * ''She'll be buried in a big, odd box.
 * ''Oh, the king will be seeing red!"


 * ''So Terana cooked food most poisonous,
 * ''With a funny little laugh she said,
 * ''"I know that I am so treasonous,
 * ''And this soup is so dead-ly!

Samdogh's Prophecy
(Taken from Silth, Queen of Marlfoxes.)


 * ''"Those too slow were those who died,
 * ''But one who you hold dear has something to hide,
 * ''One fox, ever so cunning and strong,
 * ''Did a deed so terrible and wrong,
 * ''Be brave, oh king, fear no more,
 * ''An old friend's curse shall even the score,
 * ''Though you'll be long dead by then,
 * ''One day, you'll see all of your kind again."

Salamandastron

 * ''They say it's bigger than Redwall,
 * ''And that it lies right by the sea.
 * ''More than 300 paces tall,
 * ''That's much taller than me!


 * ''Ruled by badgers, home to hares,
 * ''A tall hill made of rock.
 * ''They say that all vermin it scares,
 * ''It's so safe they don't need a lock.


 * ''One day I may go there,
 * ''To see what I will see.
 * ''Us badgers are quite rare,
 * ''One day the ruler may be me!

Lenna Wildlough's Song

 * ''In the sea there lies an isle so green.
 * ''It is the place of which that I am queen.
 * ''Where birds do fly, up in the sky,
 * ''Otters do roam, I call it my home,
 * ''I am Lenna Wildlough, High Rhulain.


 * ''My subjects do not think that much of me.
 * ''That is quite my fault, you see.
 * ''I ain't regal (if that's legal)
 * ''I'm much like other otters (rotters!)
 * ''I am Lenna Wildlough, High Rhulain.


 * ''Me eyes have never been black, Mack,
 * ''Turn around and touch the ground,
 * ''Or gimme the sack, Grack,
 * ''Ye'll never get the crown that sports my head, Ledd,
 * ''Or else I'll fall down dead!


 * ''When bells from far away do ring,
 * ''Oh how does my heart out sing!
 * ''I don't lie, don't bother to try,
 * ''It won't tempt me, I'm so honest, you see,
 * ''I am Lenna Wildlough, High Rhulain.


 * ''Sometimes I dream this is a lovely song.
 * ''Just tell me if I'm quite wrong.
 * ''I carry a sling that I call King,
 * ''"That name's so low," I hear you crow,
 * ''I am Lenna Wildlough, High Rhulain.


 * ''I'm always so clean, Breen,
 * ''Jump up high and touch the sky,
 * ''No such ugly as you, Roo,
 * ''Go on try, don't be shy,
 * ''You are so crude, Grood,
 * ''I don't lie, you always cry,
 * ''My word is law, listen up, for...
 * I AM LENNA WILDLOUGH, HIGH RHULAIN!

Wildlough Letters

 * ''Dear,
 * ''Corriam, Corriam, castaway,
 * ''Where did ye go on that fateful day?
 * ''The day of a night I was never to see?
 * ''Did you become an honour to our family?


 * ''Corriam, Corriam, tough and hard,
 * ''I hear ye were sent to the Mossguard.
 * ''I know you were tended, treated well,
 * ''Do ye ever hear a bell?


 * ''I saw that Alem did not approve,
 * ''I suppose you had to move?
 * ''Linger sure for the lee,
 * ''Remember my name and think carefully.


 * ''And when at last your breathing should cease,
 * ''You shall find an eternal peace,
 * ''And once again each other we'll see,
 * ''And you'll be forever with yore big sister, me!
 * ''Love, Lenna Wildlough.


 * ''To,
 * ''Lenna, Lenna, queen Wildlough,
 * ''I'm growing old and so:
 * ''Apparently my lance got snapped,
 * ''Ah well! (and yore crown in my lance is trapped.)


 * ''So what's it like, way out there?
 * ''Is it floating on clouds without a care?
 * ''Or is it battling with old foes fallen?
 * ''And say hello to me ole friend Torlin.


 * ''I worked out your riddle: The ruler of Green Isle.
 * ''Runa's shouts were heard for miles and miles.
 * ''Gah! I really must go,
 * ''I may be old, but I like playing in snow.
 * ''From, Corriam Wildlough.

Silth's Battle Song
(Taken from Silth, Queen of Marlfoxes.)


 * ''Oh little rats, go and hide,
 * ''I have the best on my side.
 * ''You are common, aye, and low,
 * ''You will all fall by my bow.
 * ''In your boots you'll all shake,
 * ''Oh, and your great fortress I will take.
 * ''Oh little rats, go and hide,
 * ''I have the best on my side.

The Seabug Song
(Taken from Veil's Legacy)


 * ''Ooooh, knick-knack bric-a-brac blood an' thunder,
 * ''Let's go piratin' and get some plunder,
 * ''We're the wickedest corsairs all aboard,
 * ''Each armed wid a rusty ole sword!


 * ''Our Cap'n enjoys seein' us in tears,
 * ''Why, she's the mistress o' our fears,
 * ''So howl ricketty-picketty tinteree,
 * ''Please take her away from me me me!


 * ''Ooooh, rigg-a-bigg mig-a-lig Cap'n Rogg,
 * ''We bashed down some gates wid a big fat log,
 * ''We kick ye down on yer rear,
 * Harr, the crew o' the Seabug'' it's us you feaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr!

Martin to Tiria
(Taken from Veil's Legacy)


 * ''Ye shall not die as your ancestor did,
 * ''Ye shall live to Green Isle vermin rid,
 * ''Wait for the flames, an image of old,
 * ''Wait for the ottermaid ever so bold,
 * ''Seek the one who dreams of the banished,
 * ''Seek the one who is ever famished,
 * ''Be rid of the armour that has served so long,
 * ''And know that Banya is never wrong!

Jonte's Song
(Taken from Veil's Legacy)


 * ''Ooh, the life of a slave is a terrific one,
 * ''We help the guards have lots of fun,
 * ''We cook and clean and groom others too,
 * ''Oh weasel whelp, how I want to kill you!


 * ''Oh king and queen and spoilt brat,
 * ''We're all starving and you are fat,
 * ''I'll suffocate mean Cap'n Gribz,
 * ''Then shove a blade right twixt yore ribs. Yeeehaaaaaaa!

Martin

 * ''He came from the north, and was taken,
 * ''By Badrang if I'm not mistaken,
 * ''Was punished and dozed,
 * ''And he met a mousemaid called Rose.


 * ''Martin, Martin the Warrior!
 * ''His voice is heard through the years.
 * ''And we, who all live at Redwall,
 * ''Has had his name fallen on our ears.


 * ''He wandered right down to Mossflower,
 * ''Was thrown into prison that hour,
 * ''He did quite well,
 * ''And escaped from his cell,


 * ''Martin, Martin the Warrior!
 * ''His voice is heard through the years.
 * ''And we, who all live at Redwall,
 * ''Has had his name fallen on our ears.


 * ''He traversed to a mountain so tall,
 * ''Just before a war,
 * ''He got a new sword blade,
 * ''From a star 'twas made,


 * ''Martin, Martin the Warrior,
 * ''His voice is heard through the years.
 * ''And all vermin who heed our words,
 * ''Will have more than a couple of fears!

Corsair Song

 * ''Wallop a weasel, stomp a stoat,
 * ''Tear away at me old dusty coat,
 * ''Try to kill me, I don't care,
 * ''Coz I'm a bold corsaaaaaaiiir!


 * ''Shut a fox in a box, rip a rat,
 * ''I'll take this and I'll take that,
 * ''Ho, we're a right ole bunch o' looters,
 * ''Coz we're Freebooters!


 * ''Ooh, uggerly buggerly lackaday,
 * ''We'll cherish the day that we took ye away,
 * ''Harr, we're pirates never wrong,
 * ''We're Corsairs an' Freebooters, a hundred strong!

Veil's Riddle
(Taken from Veil's Legacy)


 * ''They blame me for everything, my trouble you'll see.
 * ''Everybody hates me and my kind, don't follow me.
 * ''I hate them all, my wild side calls,
 * ''I'm always-blamed Sixclaw, outcast of Redwall,
 * ''I'm to never again be seen here,
 * ''I don't care, I don't fear,
 * ''Now seek star so land a mat,
 * ''Tell me if you figured that.
 * ''Take Golgola, and his good friend too,
 * ''Fare bad, cruel Abbey, never again will I be with you!

Eulalia!
(Lord Valian and his hares are said to sing this song.)


 * ''On the ancient fire mountain,
 * ''Badgers and hares do live.
 * ''Once known as the flame rock fountain,
 * ''Now peace to goodbeasts does it give.


 * ''The Badger Rulers, the Long Patrol,
 * ''The life of vermin do we seize.
 * ''We march along, we're on a roll,
 * Hear Eulalia'' on the breeze.


 * ''War has always come our way,
 * ''And we are ever ready.
 * ''We hope that vermin shall always stay,
 * ''Aye, we are always steady!


 * ''We're born to fight,
 * Shout Eulalia'',
 * ''And no vermin can withstand our might,
 * ''All corsairs, your ships shall be marred.


 * ''All together we sing,
 * ''All together we march,
 * ''All together we fight,
 * ''And all together we shout,
 * Eulaliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

March Hare

 * ''"Oh Father, good Father, my father,
 * ''The Long Patrol is recruiting,
 * ''I wish to be a hare so bold,
 * ''So I'll sign up if it's suiting."


 * ''"My son, my son, my eager son,
 * ''Now listen to what I've to say.
 * ''That Long Patrol may be brave,
 * ''But they bring grief as they march away."


 * ''"But Father, Father, Father,
 * ''You've got to let me go.
 * ''It'd be nought but a big adventure,
 * ''Instead of playing in the snow!"


 * ''"My son, my son forever,
 * ''Just trust that I know best.
 * ''Surely not so young,
 * ''You be marching off with the rest?"


 * ''"But Dad, Dad, Dad!
 * ''I'll say please please please.
 * ''I'll do whatever it takes,
 * ''Even begging on my knees!"


 * ''"No son, no,
 * ''You must be eighteen or more,
 * ''Or maybe, if you grow,
 * ''Till you bang your head on the top of the door."


 * ''So off went a young hare sulkily,
 * ''Muttering "Maybe not today,
 * ''But one day you'll look back,
 * ''And see me march away!"