On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Peter H. Granzeau wrote:
#At 21:25 11/28/2002 -0500, Mark A Mandel wrote:
#> At the Seventeenth Cycle's end
#> With the Phoenix fated to fail
#> A Jhereg, a Tiassa, and a Dragon proud
#> Were part of a tragic tale
#> Part of a tragic tale
#
#I think this line is repeated again--at least, as I learned "Good Old
#Colony Times", it is. The second repeat ends on a minor chord (a instead
#of C when I strum it).
I think I have heard it that way, but as I remember, or misremember,
learning it, it really did have only one repeat (2 iterations) for a
total of 7 lines per verse. Apply the tune and template you're most
comfortable with!
-- Mark A. Mandel, The Filker With No Nickname
http://world.std.com/~mam/filk.html