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A thousand years or more ago
When I was nearly newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from the valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyand the rest;
For Ravenclaw, The cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favorite from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look inside your mind
And tell you were you belong!
This Song actually tells us about how the Houses got their names, and a little more insight into their respecive personalities than the first song did. Again, the stereotypes of Hufflepuff being dumb and Slytherin are not validated, Thoug I do conceed that the words, "power-hungry" do carry a negative connotaion. But "great ambition" is a valued virtue in today's society, so those comments should atleast cancel eachother out.
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Song 2 was taken from the following book:
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. First American ed. USA: Scholastic, 2000. 176-77. Print.