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Thread #52369   Message #802321
Posted By: Charley Noble
13-Oct-02 - 01:45 PM
Thread Name: Songs with Chess?
Subject: RE: Songs with Chess?
This one is from a fantasy novel my mother wrote based on a chess game. It's more of a chant than a song:

CORBIE'S SONG

(By Dahlov Ipcar in THE WARLOCK OF NIGHT © 1969)

Rooks, rooks, fellow crooks!
Total the score of all your lore:
Honesty is the worst policy!
A penny stolen is a penny gained!
Rob from the rich, don't give to the poor!
Wages are sin! Thieves fall in!
The White King draws nigh!
Darken the sky!
Pluck out his eyes!
Rob the crown jewels!
Steal the King's crown!
Bring the King down!
Arise, arise!
Aroon, aroon!

I would also think Alice in Wonderland would be fertile ground.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble