Last verse for song --SPOILER WARNING--

[catsittingstill]

Okay, so I have a request for the last verse of Captain James' Song. I'm posting the so: It's a spoiler for the bit in the back of _Black Powder War_ so don't follow this link unless that's okay with you!



Captain James' Song
lyrics and melody by Catherine Faber

Volly's my dragon, my favorite thing
No one can touch him for speed on the wing
Volly's my treasure, the truth must be told;
I'd rather have Volly than jewels and gold!
Truth must be told; a treasure I hold;
I'd rather have Volly than jewels and gold!

Volly's my dearest, so simple and mild
The heart of a lion, the mind of a child
Emerging unmarked from a courier's strife
I'd rather have Volly than children and wife
A courier's strife adds spice to his life,
I'd rather have Volly than children and wife.

Some dragons are clever; some dragons are smart;
They speak foreign tongues and learn poems by heart.
I'd rather have Volly, my Prince of the skies,
Than all other dragons more learned and wise.
Prince of the skies, it's you that I prize
Over those dragons more learned and wise.

I was fourteen when your shell broke and then
You chose me your captain, the gladdest of men.
We've always been partners as nature intends,
The finest of flyers, the fastest of friends!
Nature intends, what rises descends:
The finest of flyers the fastest of friends!

This illness of dragons has death as its due
And I understand it no better than you,
But Volly my dearest, my prince of the sky,
Volly you hear me, stay with me, don't die!
Prince of the sky, open your eye,
Volly, you hear me, stay with me, don't die!

Prince of the sky—come, let us fly—
Volly, you hear me, stay with me, don't die!