Maeve's Song Scrolls - About Threadfall's Time

They are bringers of calamity,
	Some are crazy drunken fools,
There's amoral scum and randy scruff,
	Who disregard all rules.
Some liken them to rampant weeds
	And wish them to decline.
But they are hardy toilers for the land,
	About Threadfall's Time.

There are wild bronzeriders, lazy shirks,
	Lusty greens and blues.
Some are looters of the vaults of wealth,
	Their Weyrwoman always knew!
They're a danger to the holder
	And his daughters all the time.
But they are honest, sturdy riders,
	About Threadfall's Time.

They can be all that's good and clean,
	Once in two hundred turns.
But ladies hide, all Crafters duck,
	Each child about them learns
When they walk through our gates,
	And to the Great Hall climb.
But they're valiant Wings of labor,
	About Threadfall's Time.

They see to our protection,
	And so we tithe for that.
We honour them in song and tune
	And so can ride a'dragonback.
They live in comfort and prosperity
	Since we bring them food and wine,
As they once more save the Holders,
	About Threadfall's Time.

They help us and they aid us,
	We give them everything we can.
We tell them they're responsible,
	And hope it's fardling true
We watch and wait for fall to pass
	Red star and stones still in line
Oh, we all become Sharding fools,
	About Threadfall's Time.

Written by Maeve and Eithne
Based upon the Election Song by David Diamond

Apprentice Lament	Echoes	Song Quest	Endless	For you	Greens, Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women	Do you Sing with the Women?	My Ole Master
About Threadfall's Time	Help me!	Winds	Come on and be a Dragonrider!	Fort Rider	Weyrsecond's Lament	Mine Eyes Have Seen	All I Want...
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