From: MegaMole <PSmithALTO@countertenor.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.pratchett
Date: 23 November 1998 21:18
Subject: [F] [I] Another Hogswatch Carol 

Morpork Nights 
or 	
*"Wellcome to Ankh-Morpork, Cittie of One Thousand Surprises"* 
to "O little town of Bethlehem" 		

O Morpork on the River Ankh, 			
How still we see thee lie. 			
Above thy fitful, smelly sleep 			
The silent stars go by. 			
And in thy dark streets shineth 			
A multi-coloured light - 			
The Seamstress' Guild has opened and 			
Is doing well tonight. 			

How silently, how silently 			
Assassins prowl the streets 			
As "Two o'clock and all's not well" 			
Cry Watchmen on their beats. 			
Then something howls at midnight, 			
And zombies are about; 			
While mortals sleep, the golems keep 			
The candles churning out. 			

Walk down Grope Alley to the Shades, 			
Where wizards grip their knobs, 			
And Chrysoprase the Breccia Don 			
Sends trolls on Family jobs. 			
And see the helpless tourist, 			
With spectacles and gold, 			
Eat Dibbler's sausage-inna-bun 			
That's only two months old. 			

Now Hogswatch is approaching, 			
And all the merchants pray 			
That skeletons in robes of red 			
Won't pass their shop today. 			
They hope that Pixie Albert 			
Won't give kids what they _need_, 			
So healthy profits can be made 			
From children's usual greed. 			

Megamole