Re: filking

reply	Well someone beat me to posting the long list of Star Wars done
	to pop songs, but below I've attached a very nice one by a trio
	of filkers who produced under the name "Technical Difficulties"
	while they were all still living within commuting distance of 
	one another.  (T.J. Burnside who wrote "Lullabye for a Weary
	World", Linda Melnick, and Sheila Willis.)  When I get a chance
	in the next couple of days, I'll type in another Star Wars filk
	I'm fond of.  Until then . . . .

				Quarong

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     _Come Ye Knights_


     (Performed by Technical Difficulties, on "Please Stand By")


     
     CHORUS:
     Come ye knights and come ye pilots


     (Video?) ships and sabers shining


     Come and stop your children's crying
     Come and join the Rebel Fleet.
     Come with might and come with glory
     Set your dreams on wings asoaring
     Hear the ancient hidden story.
     Come and join the Rebel Fleet!
     
     Heard the tales the Empire spread
     Told you Rebels couldn't win
     So you locked your doors before them
     Made you courage battered tin.
     Promised to the traitors land
     Wealth and power in your hands
     You don't even have to fight
     All you do is watch them die.
     Never ask the dangerous questions
     Such as why you're off to war
     Yours is but to follow generals
     Going where the trumpets blow --.  
     
     CHORUS
     
     In the battle for Tiatris
     Saw a pilot as he died
     Looked into his shattered cockpit
     Heard my soul in torment cry.
     For the first time since I started
     For the first time in my life
     Looked into the enemy's eyes
     Found that they were just like mine --.
     Lived with evil for so long now
     Had forgotten truth & right
     Knew my time had come and somehow
     Saw my way to join their fight --.
     
     CHORUS
     
     Lying in a blasted turret
     With a full moon in my eyes
     Had no hope that help was coming 
     When a flash lit up the skies.
     Thought it was a battle starship
     Felt that soon we all would die
     Heard the words the Emperor promised
     Knew right then it were a lie --.
     Saw the Rebel starships coming
     Being led by the Chosen Ones
     And a new day has begun.
     
     CHORUS


reply     (This last time half of it is spoken, rather than played:


     Lines 1-4 = only hit first chord.
     Lines 5-6 = normal
     Lines 7-8 = hit first and third chords, slow the tempo down
     Bit more music to finish things off.)