The Lazy Sone/The Skaven Crept In

"Now sone," spake the father "Will you to work? Will you go doon in the well Or will you stay here and shirk?" "No fear," spake the sone "In bed I shall lie For there be rats in the well And if they bite me, I’ll die" And the father cryed: "Rats! Rats! You should give thanks to the Gods that it is only rats! For fate is a strumpet, and life is a curse And if it war’n’t the rats, it would be something worse!" "Now sone," spake the father "Be ye working today? For the cows are at milking And a-needing their hay" "Not I," spake the wastrel With a piteous wale "There are rats on the rafters! And rats in the pail!" And the father cryed: "Rats! Rats! Give thanks to the Gods that it is only rats! For fate is a strumpet, and life is a curse And if it war’n’t the rats, it would be something worse!" "My sone," blew the father "“Ye will come to work now! Get the seeds up and garnered! Hitch the horse to the plough!" "None!" cryed the boy "For down there in the mud There are rats by the hundreds And they’re hungry for blood!" And the father cryed: "Rats! Rats! Give thanks to the Gods that it is only rats! For fate is a strumpet, and life is a curse And if it war’n’t the rats, it would be something worse!" But the boy he was stubborn And staid in his cot And his father, a-sighing Returned to his lot And there all alone The boy slept owt the day Till the Skaven crept in And stole him away And the boy cryed: "Rats! Rats! Sweet merciful Shallya, let it be rats! For fate is a strumpet and life is a curse And I no longer fear rats now I know what is worse!"

- Popular tavern song in Wissenland

Source

 * : Warhammer Fantasy RPG 2nd ED -- Children of the Horned Rat
 * : pg. 8

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