W H A T ' S N E W |
E S S A Y S |
F O R U M |
S T O R E |
F A Q |
H E L P |
T E X T | S E A R C H
|
|
| On this page: | Related Information: |
A "particularly jazzy number" with sentimental associations for Mrs. Weasley, as she and her husband danced to it when they were eighteen. Its lyrics include:
Oh, come and stir my cauldron,
And if you do it right,
I'll boil you up some hot, strong love
To keep you warm tonight.
It features not only Celestina Warbeck (see), but her chorus (HBP16).
Christmas carol (evidently sung to the same tune as the Muggle Christmas carol "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen", to judge from the audio edition); sung by Sirius Black (OP22)
Features an exploding tuba. The last performance of the piece was in 1902, when it blew the roof out of Ackerly Town Hall (fw).
This includes the lyrics
Oh, my poor heart, where has it gone?
It's left me for a spell...
Blodwyn Bludd, the famous "vampire from the Valleys", is known for singing to his victims in his sonorus bass baritone (fw)
Glenda Chittock is a presenter on the WWN (fw)
the Hobgoblins (now disbanded) - band members included Stubby Boardman (OP10)
Celestina Warbeck - singer on the Wizard Wireless (CS3, HBP16) who performs with a backup group of banshees (DP).
Her recordings include
Weird Sisters
This musical group is very popular on the
WWN. Their instruments consist of a set
of drums, several guitars, a lute, a cello, and some bagpipes. They were
"all extremely hairy and dressed in black robes that had been
artfully ripped and torn" when Harry
saw them at at the Yule Ball
(Dumbledore had booked them to
play) (GF23).
The band members are (CS/g, fw):
"The weird sisters" is a term from Shakespeare'sMacbeth, referring to the three witches who accost Macbeth and foretell the future when they hail him as "king hereafter". These characters in Macbethrecite the incantation "Double, double, toil and trouble" which provided the lyrics for the song used in PA/f (see Hogwarts choir).
In Norse mythology, there are three sister-goddesses of fate - the Norns - who are also referred to as the Wyrd Sisters. The archaic term "wyrd" means "fate" or "destiny".
Hogwarts School Song (PS7)
Book Two
Ode to Harry
(CS11)
Oh Potter, you Rotter
Oh look what you've done.
You're killing off students,
You think it's good fun!
the singing valentine for Harry (CS13)
Book Three
Book Four
The merpeople in the Lake sing a song to tell the Champions what the Second Task will require (GF25).
Merpeople's Song (GF25)
Come and seek us where our voices sound.
We cannot sing above the ground.
And while you're searching, ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sorely miss.
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took.
But past an hour - the prospect's black.
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back.
An hour long you'll have to look
And to recover what we took.
You're time's half gone, so tarry not.
Lest what you seek stays here to rot.
the riddle of the sphinx (GF31)
Voldemort's revival (GF32)
Bone of the father, unknowingly given,
You will renew your son.
Flesh of the servant, willingly given,
You will revive your master.
Blood of the enemy, forcibly taken,
You will resurrect your foe.
Book Five
Oh most think he's barking, the Potty wee lad,
But some are more kindly and think he's just sad.
But Peevsey knows better and says that he's mad
Book Six
Hissy, hissy, little snakey,
Slither on the floor,
You be good to Morfin
Or he'll nail you to the door.
See songs by title for Celestina Warbeck's Christmas concert
"Eez eet over? Thank goodness, what an 'orrible -"
- Fleur Delacour
(HBP16)
Quidditch Through the Ages
The players assembled, twelve fine, hearty men
The strapped on their cauldrons, stood poised to fly,
At the sound of the horn they were swiftly airborne
But ten of their number were fated to die... (QA2)
