As the evening sun is shining on the tow'r of Ravenclaw see, a body cold lies on the Quidditch field
Is slowly carried off the field amid shouts from voices raw with the last few rays of sun the day will yield
Heavy feet are walking down over flowers as they tread heavy heads are bowing down as if to pray
From what should be victory a Hufflepuff is carried dead over green that night is turning into gray
He was bold and he was mighty, says the noble Gryffindor he was barely as a Hufflepuff at all
He was pure blood and resourceful, so the Slytherin implore our champion despite his house so small
He was wise and he was studious, says ready Ravenclaw he had a mind that could rival one of ours
Slowly walk and speak with care, whispers loyal Hufflepuff so you do not tread upon and hurt the flowers
He is gone, say the four, tell the father what has become Albus Dumbledore then bids his last adieu:
Remember Cedric Diggory, remember if time should come when you have to make a choice between the two:
what is right and what is easy, remember then the boy, the Hufflepuff who was good and kind and brave
But a heavy foot treads down and a flower is destroyed on the field where boots the sorrow do engrave
Over grass and over huts the night whispers as it flies and pale stars are looking sadly from the sky
From the moor and from the west a poor light it lonely shines, tells a song to the black water of the lake
And the storm sings wild and bold and in froth around the shores sings the waves of those who wear the shirts of red
Over black and angry waters the night plays up a song for a flower and a Hufflepuff is dead
credits
from 2020 Wizard Rock Sampler,
released September 1, 2020
Lyrics by Karl-Johan Norén. Tune by Dan Andersson, "En spelmans jordafärd" (1917). Guitar and vocals by Moss Bliss (2020).
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