From: "Daibhid Cheinnedelh" Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett Subject: [I] The Hotel Genua filk. I warned you. Warned you I did! Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 18:08:37 GMT As briefly mentioned bith times I posted "Omnian Ship" here is Hotel Genua, the filk I spent all summer on. And I wonder why I failed my resits... Hotel Genua On a dark swampy coach road, warm haze in the air, The vines and the creepers gettin’ caught in my hair. Up ahead in the distance, was a castle in pink, My head grew heavy, my sight grew dimmer, I had to stop for a drink. There she stood in the doorway, Like a younger Esme And I thought this could be Hades Or Cori Celesti Then she lit up her wand, and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say… Welcome to the Castle Genua Such a lovely place (such a lovely place) We will make sure you’re happy when you’re here [1] It’s like a fairy story, so it can get gory. Her mind is magic-twisted, she’s got the mirror bends, She’s got a lot of animals she’s transformed into friends. How they danced at the palace ball, even the human cat, Nanny with Casanunda, the Duc with Magrat. At the buffet Nanny Ogg is standing by the dips, Asking a waiter why don’t they do chips. Beside her is Granny, who is starting to sway, She can feel the building’s story, she can hear it say Welcome to the Castle Genua Such a lovely place (such a lovely place) We will make sure you’re happy when you’re here It’s like a fairy story, so it can get gory. Mirrors reflecting mirrors, Lilith’s power device. But she’s just a prisoner of her story’s artifice In the Ducal chamber, there are flies for a feast As Greebo fights the coachman, as a man and a beast. Last thing I remember I was running for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before. Don’t try said Lady Lilith, You will never succeed, You’re going to get a happy ending, even though it’s not what you need! [1] It does rhyme if you work at it, honest. -- Dave, who has more where that came from. Libroid of EU Skiffysoc http://www.ed.ac.uk/~sesoc "Happy holidays, Bruce." "Crime never takes a holiday, Clark."