From: MegaMole
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Subject: [I] National Anthems texts
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:40:13 +0100
The ones that haven't been posted so far, and are mine to put up; Joy Green did a great job with Copperhead and Sto Lat. It's not my place to post those - I'll leave it up to her to do it if she wants to.
Anyway, here are the all-new ones, first performed at the Con, covering Uberwald, Ephebe, Djelibeybi and Pseudopolis. I'm proudest of Uberwald, I think, but Ephebe got the best reception:
Djelibeybi
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TTTO (well, 's obvious really)
O Gods, my help in ages past,
Entombed for years to come,
Kept sheltered from the sandstorm's blast
In your eternal home -While pyramids in order stood,
And days receive their frame,
I laboured for the nation's good,
To keep the years the same.A thousand ages in my sight
Are like an evening gone;
The ritual that ends the night
Before the rising sun.O Gods, my help in ages past,
My hope for years to come,
Remain embalmed while Dios lasts,
Help me preserve our home.
And that's all.
MegaMole
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