A Song For the Kraken of Lantia
Jack O'Dell was just a boy when the wizard came to town
He did tricks levitated sticks and turned lost things into found
'Well' said Jack, 'that's what I'll be, a clever magic man
'Its one of the things I'd like to be and I'll do it if I can'
So Jack O'Dell he made a wand, from a nearby tree
He danced around and he chanted loud but not a spark did he see
'Well' said Jack, 'that's enough for me, I'm no magic man
'I will find a better trade for me, to have when I'm a man'
One year later, our hero Jack, saw a knight noble and brave
And he did tell of Beaties fell, and of maidens that he'd saved
'Well' said Jack, 'that's what I'll be, a mighty fighting man
'Its one of the things I'd like to be and I'll do it if I can'
So Jack O'Dell made a wooden sword and went to find a beast to slay
But the beast he found growled very loud, so brave Jack ran away
'Well' said Jack, 'that's enough for me, I'm no fighting man
'I will find a better trade for me, to have when I'm a man'
Some years on, he went to the sea, stood on an old wood pier
He saw the ocean and the emotion made sing for all to hear
'Well' said Jack, 'I know what I'll be, I'll be a singing bard
'For the sea it makes me want to sing and I'll do it even if it's hard'
As he sang, the sea it swelled and a mighty form appeared
'twas the Kraken, and though frightened, Jack's voice showed no fear
'Creature hold!' he sang out loud, 'Cause no trouble here!
'For I sing to the waves as well as thee, hurt no-one while I'm near!'
The Kraken paused as if entranced at the end of the pier
And Jack it spied with its baleful eye standing dangerously near
'Well', said Jack, 'now there's a thing, the beast it seems quite tame
'It seems to like the way I sing and I think i like him just the same'
They made a deal right there and then, upon the cold shoreline
The beast would keep his anger leashed if Jack would sing him rhyme
Said the Creature 'I've a name for you, Jack my little man
'Wavesinger, its the trade for you, now that you're a man'.
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(OC Author - Jez Lawrence)