Filk Songs Galore

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1. What's the missing word? "Banned From Argo" - Leslie Fish - Tune: "Boston Burglar" "Our lady of Communications won a ship-wide bet By getting into the planet's main communications net. Now every time someone calls up on an Argo telescreen, The _____ is there, but the clothes they wear are nowhere to be seen." Body Caller Flesh Person

2. What's the missing word? "No Quarter" - Echo's Children "Ancient legends say the rank a fallen warrior held Depended on a(n) _______ of foes that one had felled. And so in tardy tribute to the one we couldn't save, We'll lay your fiery deaths like crimson flowers on her grave." Honor Guard Army Escort Tally

3. What's the missing word? "Fair Was the Blossom" - Echo's Children "For Manticore's navy and Grayson's she flew; _______ her ship and devoted her crew. Through terrible odds her commitment was keen To keep to her word and to honor her Queen." Fearless Dauntless Terrible Perfect

4. "Local S.C.A." - Morgana bro Morganwyg (aka Carole Shieber) Tune: "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen" "Arrest these merry gentles, nay, it would be so unkind, If you’ll but wait a moment, sir, we will relieve your mind. We are not escaped lunatics, so kindly us unbind, For we are your local S C A, S C A, For we are your local S C A." What does SCA stand for? Society for Curious Anachronisms Society for Conventional Anachronisms Society for Correct Anachronisms Society for Creative Anachronism

5. The SCA filk "Hark, the Herald Baldwin Screams" is about what subject? Losing your temper People with wierd names Being forced to listen to someone losing their temper Medieval heraldry rules

6. What is the only rule when making up verses for the SCA filk "Freaking the Mundanes"? The verse must be about an event on the opposite coast. You cannot use anyone's real name. There must be a police arrest involved. The event described must have actually occurred.

7. Which Lerner & Loewe musical features the song that "The Snob's Gavotte" was based on? My Fair Lady Camelot Brigadoon Paint Your Wagon

8. What was the original title of the tune used by "Imperium Compound"? Here are some lyrics to help: "Now here's a story, a little bit gory, A little bit happy, a little bit sad. About a drink called Imperium Compound, And how the SCA's been had! Chorus: We think, we think, we think, The King is a fink, a fink, a fink, A figure of respectability He rules the kingdom with Imperium Compound The results are plain to see." Sam Hall Lily the Pink The Orange and the Green Goodby Mrs. Durkin

9. What is the last line in most of the choruses of both "The Song Book Song" and "God Rest Ye, Frantic Autocrat"? (The last chorus is different in both of them) Yes, would you like to do it over again? And sing ye in chorus: "Never again!" And they're singing in chorus: "Do it again!" But could you do it over again?

10. What rather famous (and lengthy) filk song are these verses from? "Oh, Old Odin we will follow And in fighting we will wallow "Til we wind up in Valhallooooo, And that's good enough for me We will pray to Aphrodite She'll be there in her nightie Even tho' she's rather flighty She's good enough for me. We will pray with those Egyptians Build our pyramids to put our crypts in Cover subways with inscriptions, And that's good enough for me." Old Time Old Fashioned Old Time Religion Old Fashioned Religion