Introduction:
The
Dragon Suite is a set of songs formed around parts of the life of a
dragon-rider, that I have come up with over the course of a number of years
when I was rp’ing over at Moonset Weyr.
The first song was Ganoff’s Song (my character at the time). The next set was the three ‘Gold’ songs. That’s when I got the idea for a full suite
of songs, suitable for singing at a gather or impression. I hope you enjoy
them. These songs should be sung in the
following order:
Songs:
01.
Calling On
02.
Red Star Rises
03.
Searching
04.
Golden Sunrise
05.
Gold Rise
06.
Golden Ground
07.
Impression
08.
My Riders but a Weyrling Yet
09.
Weyrling Band
10.
You Will Be Tapped
11.
Ganoffs Song
12.
Flying Along
13.
Thread
14.
Injury
15.
Waiting
16.
Morning
17.
Watchrider
18.
Old Rider
Calling On
Lyrics
by Kendal Leask (26.01.2005)
Praise,
praise all here
Raise
up your voice and with me now rejoice and sing
For
dragons and their kin
And
the tales that we will tell you now.
Come
draw near all
And
stories of a rider’s life we’ll tell for you to heed
In
every thought and deed
And
take notice of what we tell you now
Introduction
(Tune to ‘London’s Burning’)
Lyrics by Kendal Leask – September 17, 2003
Red Star Rises, Red Star rises
Seek
fire, Seek fire
Check
the eye stone, check the eye stone
Red
stars rises; red stars rises…(fade out)
Searching
(Tune
to ‘Rising of the Moon’)
Lyrics
by Kendal Leask – September 17, 2003
Come
and tell me sister dear,
Why
your cheeks are all aglow
Now
listen brother dearest
At
the sounds above the hall.
There
are dragon wings a-beating
As
they come and call and sing
And
they have come a-searching
To
find those who’d join their wing
For they’re
searching near and far
For they search
both near and far
And dragon wings
come beating
When they search
both near and far
Listen,
listen sister dearest,
Now
take heed upon your work
With
food and drink now take to them
Let
not your duties shirk
I
will come and change so soon
As
I have these runners tied
And
then together we will see
If
the searching he has tried (Chorus)
Now
as brother catches sister
Who’s
ta’en the riders eye
The
blue upon the Halls broad sill
Lets
out a mighty cry
And
with a leap of mighty haunch
He
rides into the air
And
tells his rider he has found
What
they have sought of there (Chorus)
And
desolate now is the sister
Who
had hoped so dear to be,
The
one the dragon rider came
To
take away - not He!
For
instead he took the brother
With
no departing word
And
left her upon the threshold
Her
voiceless grief not heard (Chorus)
Continued
on next page…
Now
she’ll miss her brother dearly
For
upon the sands he’s been
A
dragon rider he’s become
Of
a brown, no blue or green!
And
one day he’ll be a great rider
Of
fame and skill well known
A
different life he’ll now lead
As
thread-fall he has flown
For they’re
searched both near and far
For they searched
both near and far
And dragon wings
went beating
When they
searched both near and far
Golden Sunrise
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (16.09.2002)
(Cruel
Mother (copyright Park Records PRKCD38 ‘Flesh & Blood’) – inspired by
Geldeths Rise -)
Drums,
Harp, gitar & and a good soloist.
The
music sounds more like a lament. To be
sung before Gold Rise and follows straight into that. I highly recommend trying to listen to the
original track by Maddy.
Instrumental
Harp
Gold
Sunlight, shines through the Weyr,
Waking her from slumbering sleep
She
wakes, restless, heat rising throughout
Her
conquests she will reap
Calling
life’s mate, she challenges all, and leaps to hunt her prey
‘Drink
only the blood, so you may rise high’, her rider makes her obey
Instrumental
From
all around, her dragons approach, all males listening to her
Her
rivals they flee, as she golden glows, daring with lust and hunger
Far
away, they must now go, for these her pride will not share?
To
dare them all, to see who would come and make her queen of the air
Instrumental
They
come; they crave, wanting her more, their riders beckoning them on
Surrounding
her near, they too need to feed, so they can fly her long
A
moments rest, here it comes, her body now is replete
Who
will now come, who will now dare, who can match one so fleet?
Instrumental
Lead into Gold Rise with trumpet and drums
Gold Rise
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (14.09.2002)
(Boy
on a Horse (copyright Park Records PRKCD38 ‘Flesh & Blood’) – inspired by
Geldeths Rise)
Drums,
gitar & and a good soloist.
The
music is a march. I highly recommend
trying to listen to the original track by Maddy.
Follows on from Golden Sunrise.
Fly,
Dragons, fly
Follow
me thro’ the sky
Hear
my call so bold
Come
follow, those who’d mate with Gold!
Hear my call,
And follow me
Bronze and Brown,
who my mate would be,
Let you come and
dare to try
Each of you, who
must fly me so high
I
am freed
And
from you all do speed
If
you would come to my height
Follow
and catch this Gold Queen, bright!
Hear my call,
And follow me
Bronze and Brown,
who my mate would be.
Let you come and
dare to try
Each of you, who
must fly me so high
Bodies
entwined
Heat
does us bind
And
now my mate you know
My
clutch on the hatching grounds will grow
Hear my call,
And follow me
Bronze and Brown,
who my mate would be
Let you come and
dare to try
Each of you, who
must fly me so high
Hear my call,
And follow me
Bronze and Brown,
who my mate would be
Let you come
and dare to try
Each of you, who
must fly me so high
Golden Ground
Lyrics by Kendal Leask
(04.10.2002)
(Tune
- Mendholson & Pollington – taken from “Sedgemoor – the Night March and the
Battle” by Strawhead 1985)
Instrumental opening (Mendelssohn) Slow paced.
The
time has come, the time so clear
And
now from sleep the Gold Queen wakes
She
stretch’s out to reach her dear
Her
life mate, deep from sleep she shakes
And
now she goes upon the way
Her
Weyr close by the hatching ground
Their
warming sands, her eggs to lay
Her
joyful cries echo and rebound
Hear now the queen, her time comes near
Hold to the hatching ground!
She
has laid, but broody still
The
eggs 'gainst rivals she has barred
Nor
yet her guard down let she will
As
her clutch from this time grow hard
Four,
five, fraught sevendays now pass
The
Weyr, its candidates now bring
Those
who’ll stand alone, each lad and lass
Each
heart and mind to egg calling
Guard now the clutch, in time of peril
Stand to the hatching ground!
Soft
now, the eggs grow ever hard
Their
turn in season comes around
A
hum, a beat, are summons discharged
All
attend now to the hatching ground
From
each tier the folk do view
The
white robed candidates who stand
Their
life’s to start anew
With
those born on these heated sands
But then the hatching starts now…
Upon the hatching ground!
Intro to fast part
Fast pace:
The
first egg cracks, all eyes are brought, upon the scene, which now is wrought
Before
our eyes the shards are sent, upon the sands where they are spent
A
bronze head comes, its eyes aglow, it's wings a glisten and searching, though
The
first lads there, which is the one?
The
dragon chooses, new life begun
Each
dragon rider knows his name!
(Fanfare)
But
now t'is time for the others to come, as through the ground the Dragons hum.
Bugling,
greeting each new life, into this world of fun and strife
A
blue, a green now who can tell, which dragon comes from out each shell?
The
candidates now gather in, the dragonets choose from deep within
Their
life mate for each one to claim!
(Fanfare)
Yet
still more, the time it grows, each dragonet it now seeks those
Who
still are left upon these grounds who’d make a rider for blue or browns,
Greens
or bronze, or e’en a gold, another found, oh joy is found!
Impression,
tears of joy and sorrow, think upon new lives tomorrow
As
the new day it dawns aflame!
(Fanfare)
The
last dragonet, it casts about, but there is still one girl stout,
Whom
it finds, it knows she’s hers and in the girls mind its name stirs
“I
love you” the girl, her mind hears, as overcome, eyes fill with tears
All
done now, they hug, she cries, this final pairing brings tears to eyes
As
a watching queen she knows the same!
Fanfare, back to slow pace & Instrumental – (Mendelssohn)
All
done, each egg now fully hatched
The
grounds are cleared once again
Weyrling
and dragon so well matched
Life’s
journey for them to begin
Dawn’s bright new light, shines brightly now
Into the hatching ground
Impression Song
Lyrics
by Kendal Leask (January 23-26th 2005)
Melody: (matchstick cats & dogs)
I
bowed my head onto my work
A
candidate must never shirk
If
he is to aspire to be the one
Who
stands out there, under peoples glare
And
hopes to be a rider bold
Is
it fate or chance that makes my blood run cold?
Now
a keening sound I’ve never heard
From
dragon’s mouths, it is the word
That
I must go and don my new white gown
An
hour ago I was dressing meat
And
now I stumble on my feet
Is
this for me or will they turn me away?
I
stand on sands, so hot to touch
The
clutching grounds are filled so much
With
guests and riders all pricked in their best
I
see the eggs ahead right now
And
move forward to take my bow
And
then all the candidates move in right close
Well
the eggs now crack and dragonets
Emerge
to crooning dragon breaths?
And
I admit that I am very scared.
“Oh
come to me says one so fine,
For
I am yours and you are mine
Together
we will stay for evermore.”
So
do you cheer upon the stands
This
hatching day is mine so grand
And
I am evermore a dragon-man
My
life it is forever changed
And
now o’er Pern we both can range
I
leave you now for a life that’s ever new.
My rider is a Weyrling, yet
Lyrics
by Kendal Leask (31/01/2005)
Melody: My Love she’s but a Lassie, yet
My rider is a Weyrling, yet
My rider is a Weyrling, yet
He'll toss and throw from side to side
'Till he's allowed to ride me yet
I love the day I sought him so
I love the day I sought him so
He and I we did impress
And I will never leave him, Oh!
Do you see him throw another sack
Do you see him throw another sack
My eyes they follow him round the bowl
'Till he can ride on my bare back
I love the day I sought him so
I love the day I sought him so
He and I we did impress
And I will never leave him, Oh!
The sacks he tosses through the sky
The sacks he tosses through the sky
Each one he catches then throws on
And it doesn't matter if it's wet or dry!
I love the day I sought him so
I love the day I sought him so
He and I we did impress
And I will never leave him, Oh!
One day he'll be my rider bold
One day he'll be my rider bold
And we will fly with thread in sky
And go to protect all the holds
I love the day I sought him so
I love the day I sought him so
He and I we did impress
And I will never leave him, Oh!
Weyrling's Band
Lyrics by Kendal Leask
(3rd-15th December 2002)
(Tune
- McNamara’s Band – Inspired by the loss of Okome Change over of WLM’s – a true
drinking song)
Oh I am a weyrlingmaster, I’m the trainer of this band
All Dragonets and Weyrlings, I will take them in hand
From hatching, through your training until your first thread fall
If you stay with me my Weyrlings then you’ll be the best of all!
CHORUS:
Oh
the Weyrlings hang on my harangue, before they get to play
They’re
young yet will they ever get to learn to fly away?
And
higgledy-piggledy comes the views of life from the hatching sands
A
credit to the Weyr will be my little Weyrling band
Tra la la laaa, la la la laa laaaa, laaaa la la la laaaa
tra la la laaa, la la la laa laaaa, A credit to the Weyr will be my little
Weyrling band
These little tiny dragonets, fresh out from the shell they jump
And candidates, are Weyrlings now, new life is such a bump!
I’m guiding, cajoling, threatening, helping, showing them all the
way
A weyrlingmaster has a thankless job each and every day! CHORUS
Bagging and sorting, sneezing and oiling these are the things to
do
Being a weyrlingmaster is to watch these taskings through
To care for my little Weyrling band, I have to know their needs
To comfort, train and tell them off and teach their dragon to heed
CHORUS
Right now they are training to take into the air
Their antics, pranks and ignorance will give me such a scare
When the Weyrlady, she comes and says, now take them all in hand
I reply, My dear lady, it is all as I have planned! CHORUS
Now’s the time for them to learn to go from here to there
Every time they go **between**, I’ll be pulling out my hair!
Tossing sacks to and fro till they never miss a one
Except that bag that clipped my wing and they thought that it was
fun! CHORUS
Well. My little band of Weyrlings they are now from out my reach
They’ve gone into the Queens
flight now, I gave them all a speech
If you think you’ve had it hard, then there's something yet to
show
As Weyrlings you had it easy, As riders you will know! CHORUS
They’ve thought on my words and fully under Queens
wing they have come
To help, to train to learn to be riders fully flung
Into the reins of battle and flight against dread thread fall
But they stayed with me and will ever be a Credit to us all!
CHORUS
You will be Tapped
Lyrics by Kendal
Leask – based on ‘You will burn’ by Peter Knight and performed by Maddy Pryor.
Created: 14th September 2003
One night as you talk, and you eat and discuss
We will be sitting at the side
We’re ready for your place to be taken next to us
It is the time for tapping; It’s time to decide
Then one night when we’ve talked and decided what to
do
We will be standing at your side
Your training it is over and its time to start anew
It is the time for tapping and it’s you we will guide
Then we’ll take you
to your wing mates
Amidst the hue and
cry
As you’re cheered
throughout the dining room
And its then that
we will teach you
How each of us does
fly
When we dance in
skies against the falling doom
And you will fly, you will fly
Save your wing mates from the fall,
From the fall, from the fall
And we’ll rise and live together
We will rise, we will rise
From the Weyrs across the world
And through the skies, through the skies
We’ll protect our folk together
Praise the Weyr
Another pairs been tapped
Praise the Weyr. Praise the Weyr
Repeat
Ganoffs Life
Lyrics
by Kendal Leask (created 11th
January 2001)
Melody
“The leaving of Liverpool”
‘‘Twas in a lonely and dismal cot
Amongst the cliffs in the far north
That to my mother a baby boy
Was brought forth from her to his birth
Chorus:
So fly me well, my own true
friend
For when I impressed a wonder I
did see
For there’s none here who can
describe to me
My grief if I were to lose thee
A herder’s lad was I brought up
And I rarely had a Harper’s company
By which to learn my songs and duty Ballard’s
‘Twas was my lord owned my every day
To the south one day I found that I was sent
A flock of woollies for their holds to breed
From whence to the Weyrs own herds and stock I came
Where I was searched and from my Lord was freed
Alone have I been for many a turn
And dragons before hunting I have seen
Destroying my flock at my holders whim
An end to them I thought it was my dream
But I have now stood on Moonset’s hatching ground
An experience akin I’ve never known
And brave blue Bekarth is my dragon’s name
A true friendship for life we have sown
As my bonny new friend he does full grow
A new life with him I will learn to lead
Fighting thread in the skies on dragonwings
Of my thoughts before I will take no heed
Despise not what I had thought before
For in the past I know that I have been wrong
But instead ask of yourself what might be so
Amongst those never seen at a gather throng
Flying Along
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (4th
February 2003)
(Melody
– Kentish Sir Byng, one of the Cavalier Ballads, music provided by Strawhead –
Book of England)
Introductory music – fast paced, woodwinds and trumpet
fanfare
Let
you all know, what I will now show,
Threadfall
comes hungrily, a-silver, a-glow.
The
Red Star full shines, bringing dread to our minds,
Do
not yet fear for here is Dragon Kind!
As they’re Flying
along, twenty-score strong
All of the
weyr-folk, singing this song
Alarm
now sounds! Through each holds wide bounds
Ground
crew come searing threadfall that grounds
Look
to the sky and thank those that fly,
Braving all dangers, that
we may not die
Because they’re
Flying along, twenty-score strong
All of the
weyr-folk, singing this song
Now
give good cheer! The Weyr is all here!
Flaming
and flying to keep skies thread clear
Come
stand by your Lord, and your labour afford
To
tithe to those folk who will die or be scored
They come Flying
along, twenty-score strong
All of the
weyr-folk, singing this song
Gold,
Bronze and Brown, They all do dive down,
Spears
of flame clearing air all around!
Now
blue and green, supporting their Queen,
Make
sure that skies are thread cleared and clean!
They come flying
along, twenty-score strong
All of the
weyr-folk, singing this song
A dragon shall call, and
listen then all!
To
the search to find folk from each hold and each hall
Come
now and abide As we search and you hied
To
the Weyr where we’ll teach you a dragon to ride!
And then you’re
Flying along, twenty-score strong
All of the
weyr-folk, singing this song
Thread!
Lyrics
by Kendal Leask27/01/2005
Melody: Now Monmouth’s come to Lyme by Strawhead.
Sound the bugle, sound it loud!
For thread fall’s over head boys!
And we all come to sear with flame
And drive this dread fall from us!
Sound
the bugle, sound it loud
For
thread falls started now boys
We
must prepare to stand the fall
Who
now must disbelieve us
We
will secure our holdings dear
And
make sure of no verdure
Let
all make sure we are green free
And
drive this dread fall from us!! - Chorus
Sound
the bugle, sound it loud
For
thread fall’s coming near boys
That
silvery rain that eats all up
Do
not dare to go out boys
Prepare
your throwers well and true
And
we will flame what might get through
Put
your trust in good ground crews
And
drive this dread fall from us! - Chorus
Sound
the bugle, sound it loud
For
thread fall’s over head boys
Flood
the court and seal the gate
Let
none be locked without then
Know
your people and know them well
Keep
close your stock and children so
When
it passes you will know
And
drive this dread fall from us! - chorus
Sound
the bugle, sound it loud;
For
thread fall now has passed boys
Out
with you to check the land
Make
sure that none has burrowed.
Make
your bow to bronze and gold
Who
from the air now we behold
Who
have cleared the air for us to breathe
And
drive this dread fall from us!! –
Chorus
(repeat twice)
Injury
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (5th
November 2003)
(tune
by Steeleye span – Dragon Suite)
It was somewhere in the clouds above us
We
were flaming very well and clear
When
a warning o’er my shoulder came
As
a dragon, belching flames, breathed near
So
my dear blue, he did dive right down
To
escape such a deadly fate
And
dived into a clump of silvery thread
He
was scored and the pain was too great.
Better get out,
Back to the Weyr.
Get out of
danger,
Feel the pain,
get to the Weyr
Get to the Weyr
As
my blue dragons pain did reach me
I
concentrated, blinking back tears.
“We
have to reach the Weyr, my love.
Or
we’ll never, ever fly again!”
And
I had to know where we could go
Or
we would be lost forever between
I
said, “See where I show you now, my love”
And
took him to the place where we’d been.. (chorus)
Between
in the Weyr bowl, we came
As
my blue bellowed his fear again.
And
as he crashed into the ground,
He
collapsed from the shock and the pain
I
fell from his back, I never felt for myself,
As
I pleaded for the healer to come.
“Please
take good care, of him, sir, please
I
could not bear life, without him…” (Chorus)
Bedded
now down in the infirmary,
My
loved one is beginning to heal.
They
repaired his wing and it begins to grow,
And
his pain I can hardly now feel!
I’ll
never forget that stabbing jolt
As
he felt the thread sear right through
And
I’ll always know, where I must go
Whenever
in danger we fly… (Chorus)
Morning
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (31
January 2005)
Melody
Johnny Cope
Hi there rider do you dare not bide
Come to thy dragon and fling thee wide
To take on the fall with a wild ride
So early in the morning
(Chorus)
Hey there all, let you come and sing
Our dragon-wings are all come in
And we have conquered all the fall
That fell through the sky at the dawning
With gold and bronze and speedy green
Now dragons come from cold between
Do you skip and dance in the deadly scene
And sweep the air for your calling (chorus)
Over mountain’s top and hilly range
Each dragon wing they can exchange
Firestone sacks for each to change
In the middle of the morning (chorus)
From islands, seas and ocean wave
Come meet and follow those so brave
Who dare the skies and fall to save
Even those who belittle and are scorning (chorus)
From South to North and East to West
And still so strongly I can attest
That dragon-folk are at their best
Near the ending of the morning (chorus)
Come you down lower to the ground and sweep
Make sure that thread it does not seep
And hides away down in burrows deep
To destroy the land by it’s boring (chorus)
Raise you up higher where we can’t see
Your shining wings in air so free
And we cheer ye all so merrily
When we see you safe home in the morning (chorus)
Waiting
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (February
1, 2005)
Melody: tonight (West Side Story)
With
thanks to Anna for helping me find the tune for this.
The Weyr is flying fall
At Height
I hope they will flame all
In sight
But it’s a risky business, my heart
Is in my mouth when they go
From the rim to depart
From his dragons mouth flames
Ignite
But will it keep him safe from maims
And fright?
I want him to be careful
No risks!
But he's a dragon rider
And loves heroics
In flight
We're hoping they are all right,
We're just hoping and awaiting their call
That its now safe and delight
Will stop our worries and pall
Well here they come now!
Well here they come now!
As wings of dragons enter the bowl
In flight!
I cannot see him yet
Can you?
My love don’t let me fret
For you!
Just come and gather me up
So tight
And thee and me we will sup
Early tonight…
(continue on next page)
He's here, in sight!
My love is safe, all right
And in his arms I'll shed all my tears!
Tonight, tonight, to be with my love tonight.
In his Weyr where I’ll shed all my fears
Today
The morning seemed forever
The candle marks burnt so slowly,
And noonday was so bright
But gone is fright
Now make this endless day endless night!
He's tired and he aches
Inside
It was so hard a time for him
That ride
Now scrub and oil his dragon
Get wet
Then rest and raise a flagon
No rest for him yet…
Tonight, tonight,
My love I'll keep tonight
For in his arms I'll shed no more tears!
Tonight, tonight, I'm with my love tonight.
In his Weyr where he'll see no more fears.
Today
That morning stretched forever
The time it went so slowly,
And the noonday was too bright
But now no fright
Can stop this wonderful endless night!
Watchrider
Lyrics by Kendal Leask (5th November 2003)
(melody
- Ballard of the Alamo(from the film version)
On
a lonesome, cleared hilltop
Over-looking
a good hold
Sits
a dragon mounted rider
Watching
o'er the land he's told.
And
he sees whatever’s needed
As
he goes throughout this land
Giving
help where'er he’s greeted
Or
a lords grave reprimand.
But
the people see him gravely
As
about his work he goes
And
they know he is the warden
Of
all that lives and grows
Come
now listen one and all
I’ll
tell you what a riders for
The
ones who watch across the land
Help
they’ll give forever more.
I
was just a lonesome child
When
I first did spy one.
Flying
hither round the hold
Flaming
well till he was done.
For
I knew then I would join them
And
be like they, so bold
Protecting
those I know well
From
death’s most dire hold.
What
a shock it was to me
When
I learnt the truth then
Come
now listen one and all
I’ll
tell you what a riders for
For
the ones that you see a watching
Are
the ones that do not fight
Instead
they serve their purpose
By
ensuring there’s no blight.
Search
out the folk who’d riders be,
Come
help the lord of this land
Be
at one to till his soil
And
deal with his demand
Let
you be all a-dancing
At
his beck and call
Tell
now to the Weyr
What
you’ve heard from one and all
Search
again and fly the bounds
Let
not fall your guard down
Movement,
seasons, peril, fear
Tell
the lord what else is near
You
must ever be the bearer
Of
tidings that bring you grief
As
an interloping stranger
Or
a tithing thankless thief
Be
you old or be you young
There
are tasks to do here
Serves
you well to know the ground
Helping
holders over fears
Teach
the ones who will follow
To
know as much as you
And
let not any burrows
Get
left to the holds ground crew….
Musical Interlude
On
a lonesome, chilly hilltop
Over-looking
a good hold
Sits
a dragon mounted rider
Watching
o'er the land so cold.
And
he knows in winter’s snowfall
Though
all the holds a-bed
That
his duties never finished
That
he’s still got air to tread.
And
I look at him still daily
As
a man’s shoes I now fill
And
I’m glad I guess that ever
Under
his eyes the soil I till
That
a dutiful watch-rider
Still
guards this hold from ill.
Old Rider
Lyrics by Kendal Leask ()
(Melody
– A Scottish Soldier)
There
was a rider, a dragon rider
Who
wandered far from home
And
o’er all Pern did roam
There
were none bolder
Though
now he’s older
He
came and fought the fall
To
save this land
He’s
seen such glories
Of
harpers stories
And
knows the truth to tell
Of
pain and death to tell
But
now he’s older
And
death seems colder
He
will still fight the foe he’s fought so long
For he is a
dragon rider; so
He will not let
go
He will fight the
foe
Until the time
comes when he meets his end
And between his dragon goes
There
was a rider, a dragon rider
Who
rode and saved the land
For
folk with tools to hand
To
live their lives now
In
peaceful time now
That
thread no longer comes to threaten them
He
was a second, a good wing second
With
wings at his command
And
flame at his demand
To
sear the threadfall
At
dragons bugle call
He
seared and fought to keep this land thread-free
For he is a
dragon rider; so
He will not let
go
He will fight the
foe
Until the time
comes when he meets his end
And between his dragon goes
There
was a rider, a dragon rider
Full
old and withered now
Who
will not disavow
That
younger riders,
With
good strong leaders
Now
have to lead the Weyr in these new times
He
mounts his dragon, his grey brown dragon
And
once more in the fray
With
full Weyrs bright array
Of
dragons flaming
Their
ranks proclaiming
That
he has led a life so well
For he is a
dragon rider; so
He will not let
go
He will fight the
foe
Until the time
comes when he meets his end
And between his dragon goes
F I N I S
The End of Dragon Suite
