Correction to "Come You Knights"

I haven't listened to it in years, but the places where my memory differs from Karen's, I've put the lines a space back from the rest. Please tell me if I'm mistaken anywhere!

--Edward Jacobowitz

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Karen Rall wrote:

> 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
>
> ****************************************************************************
>
>
>
> _Come Ye Knights_
> (Performed by Technical Difficulties, on "Please Stand By")
>
> CHORUS:
> Come ye knights and come ye pilots
> Ready your 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
> Kept your courage battered in.
> 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 them right then for a lie --.
> Saw the Rebel starships coming
> Being led by the Chosen Ones
> Evil forces lost that morning,

	  And a new day has begun.


>      

>      CHORUS


>      (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.)