The Fighting Hamsters of Calontir
(..."no sh*t, there I was, on the primary shield wall right
next to Pavel at Pennsic XIII, singing this while blows rained down on us ...to the tune of "The Ballad of the Green Berets" - and I *still* have my war hamster someplace!"...)
Fighting hamsters from the sky,
Hamsters who will jump and die....
Fifty hamsters fight a war,
They won't win without fifty more.
Trained by jumping off the roof,
Drilled in combat, tooth to tooth!
Hamsters fight, both far and near,
The Fighting Hamsters of Calontir.
Perched up high, upon our helms,
Their war cry, it overwhelms,
All opponents become weak,
At their fearsome squeaky squeak!
(the Estrella War verse)
Fighting hamsters jump from planes,
Fighting hamsters fall like rain.
Some will live, but most will die.
Stupid creatures, they cannot fly.
(sung more slowly - the original ending)
Back at home, Pavel waits.
His fighting hamster has met its fate.
He has died, drinking beer!
The Fighting Hamster of Calontir.
(sung more slowly, as a substitute for the previous ending)
Back at home, Pavel waits.
The Fighting Hamster has met his fate!
He's become, a Hamster Peer!
The Fighting Hamster of Calontir!
Yes indeed, this is the same person whose tent was struck by lighting at a previous Lilies War, and also the same Pavel who pioneered the Calontir Shield Wall, the same Pavel whom you should only say something about SQUIRRELS or BROCCOLI if you are wearing your oldest tunic...... Baron Pavel Iosevich, OP, MSCA
***There Can Be Only One***
