Many thanks to my beta reader Yolanda, Queen of Grooviness, for her assistance and recommendations; to the
ladies of Flights of Fancy for the encouragement; and to the ever-patient CornedBee for providing musical transcription as he gets to
it.
Regarding the
use of JK Rowling's characters, standard disclaimers apply.
As with all my
pieces, the tune is also original. For the musically minded, Sirius is a
bass-baritone.
Toujours Pur
or, The Noble and Most Ancient
House of Black
from Hogwarts,
A Musical
(sung)
SIRIUS: Here’s the family history
Kreacher
wants to save
This nasty, tatty tapestry
Never meant that much to me
This pure-blood stupidity
Isn’t for the
brave.
My dear old mum was keen on it
My brother was an idiot
Everyone believed in it:
Toujours
Pur, Toujours Pur
It's the French for “Always pure”
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur.
Here’s the family mania
They all celebrate
Your value was arranged at birth
Heart was second place to hearth
Who you grew to be was worth
Nothing to their
hate.
My dear old dad supported it
Aunt Elladora
pushed for it
All seven hundred years of it:
Toujours
Pur, Toujours Pur
Oh, by Merlin, what a bore!
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur.
My mother didn't have a heart, she lived to spread her spite
She burned me off the tapestry the
day I ran away –
(spoken)
SIRIUS: One of the best days of my life, I have to
say.
HARRY: But where did you go?
SIRIUS: Your dad’s place.
Your grandparents were really good about it; they sort of adopted me as a
second son.
(sung)
SIRIUS: Uncle Alphard left
me gold – he's been burned off, too
If you disappointed dear old mum,
that's what she would do
Toujours
Pur, Toujours Pur
It's the French for “Always pure”
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur.
There's my cousin Bellatrix
Didn't get the sack
Narcissa
Malfoy's on there, too
But not Andromeda, she knew
The world didn't belong to you
If you were a Black
My dear old mum was keen on it
My dear old dad supported it
All seven hundred years of it:
Toujours
Pur, Toujours Pur
There was nothing it was good for
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur
Toujours
Pur.
