The Songbook of Caterina Cavalieri

"Never Wanted to Leave"

a filk of "Jenny of Old Stones"
written April 2019.

Let us take some time away from our fun
To think of those who are gone.
Let us recall the dances in and out of the lysts,
And the joy of those we have missed.

The ones who fought and the ones who taught,
The ones who made our Game so great,
The ones who made it seem this is more than a Dream,
The ones who have had to depart.

They never wanted to leave (x 4)

So now raise a toast to these immortal ghosts
Of the Game we love so well.
It's A.S. 54 and they'll LIV evermore,
So long as their stories we tell.

They never wanted to leave (x 4) [repeat]

Now in their honor let our Game go on,
As we live the Dream they helped to make,
Until that day come when our own songs are sung
By those who have taken our place.