Yesterday's Raven

• what: bits of "The Raven" set to the tune of "Yesterday" by The Beatles
• first post: 2024-12-21 on TootCat

Lyrics

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Yesterday
as I sat pondering forgotten lore
seeking solace from the lost Lenore --
nameless here, forevermore.

Suddenly
there came a tapping at my chamber door.
But many friends have come and gone before;
it's just the wind --
and nothing more.

[bridge]
"I... was....
in a sleep very deep"
was all I could say.
I... said...
"Your forgiveness I beg
for this delay!"

Yesterday
a black bird singing in the dead of night
upon my bust of Pallas did alight
a stately Raven from days of yore.

[bridge]
I... said...
"Prophet, devil or saint,
why do you stay?
Get... thy...
beak from out of my heart, this very day!

"I implore --
go back to the place you were before --
and quit your perch upon my chamber door!"
quoth the Raven --
"Nevermore".
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