[Artemisia] Pssst... a secret...

[L.J. Richards]

(Pssst....Your Highness, Happy Birthday)  (Bronwen of I.)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bradley Wolf" <idahobrad at cableone.net>
To: <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>; <arnhold at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:42 AM
Subject: [Artemisia] Pssst... a secret...


> There is a rumor that our own Crown Princess today adds another number to
> the passing of the seasons.
> 
> *ahem*
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Doom and gloom and dark despair
> 
>        People dying everywhere!
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
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> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        May the candles Happy cake
> 
>        Burn like cities in your wake.
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
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> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Your servants steal, your man's untrue
> 
>        Your children plot to murder you
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
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> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Burn the castle and storm the keep
> 
>        Kill the women, but save the sheep
> 
>        For your Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Birthdays come but once a year
> 
>        Marking time as Death draws near
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Now you've aged another year
> 
>        Now you know that Death is near
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Now that you're the age you are
> 
>        Your demise cannot be far
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Black Death has just struck your town
> 
>        You yourself feel quite run-down
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Burn, then rape by firelight
> 
>        Add _romance_ to life tonight
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Indigestion's what you get
> 
>        From the enemies you 'et
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        We love children, yes we do
> 
>        Baked or broiled or in a stew
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        May your deeds with sword and axe
> 
>        Equal those with sheep and yaks
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        This one lesson you must learn
> 
>        First you pillage, then you burn
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        While you eat your birthday stew
> 
>        We will loot the town for you,
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        We brought linen, white as cloud
> 
>        The women sit and sew your shroud
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Just be glad the friends you've got
> 
>        Haven't found out you-know-what
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        I'm a leper, can't you see
> 
>        Have a birthday kiss from me
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        Happy birthday never fear
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>        You'll be dead this time next year
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        So far Death you have bypassed
> 
>        Don't look back, he's gaining fast
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
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> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        You must marry very soon
> 
>        Baby's due by next full moon
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
>        When you've reached this age you know
> 
>        That the mind is first to go
> 
>        Happy Birthday! (thud!) Happy Birthday! (thud!)
> 
> 
> 
>        Happy Birthday (thud!) Happy Birthday (thud!)
> 
>        You are very, very old
> 
>        Soon you will be dead and cold
> 
>        Happy Birthday (thud!) Happy Birthday (thud!)
>  
> -Braden
> Baron K. Braden von Sobernheim, OL,OP,GA 
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