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Dibbed by [[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 00:00, 2 Oct 2004 (EDT)

See [[Anaximancer]].  The popular fame of Edvard von Craghelm is best summed up, in my opinion, in the following traditional ballad recorded in the [[Plain of Brahang]]:

<blockquote>Edvard von Craghelm came to town
<br />Wearing a black and purple gown
<br />With a blue-green cloak and a belt so red
<br />And a midnight beret upon his head.</blockquote>

<blockquote>He entered the mart at the break of day
<br />Waving the sellers and buyers away
<br />And holding a staff so big and long
<br />And singing his old von Craghelm song.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CHORUS:
<br />With a rand-a-keer
<br />And a ho-de-veer
<br />Edvard von Craghelm makes them appear!</blockquote>

<blockquote>He took the beret right off his head
<br />And put his hand inside it instead
<br />And took out so many wondrous things
<br />Too good, they say, for the richest of kings.</blockquote>

<blockquote>He pulled out a ball made all of gold
<br />And next came a [[Dagger Seas|Dagger Sea]] pirate so bold
<br />That walked and talked, and brandished his sword
<br />And hid his treasure inside his hoard.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CHORUS:</blockquote>

<blockquote>And next he plucked right out of his hat
<br />A brass-bound [[Aelfants|Aelfant]], big and fat
<br />And a [[darseed]] tree at the height of its bloom
<br />And a full-sized [[Alezan]] grinding room.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The magic beret it seemed to be done
<br />But that wasn't all of von Craghelm's fun
<br />He pulled out a whole pie from inside his cloak
<br />And we all would laugh just to see the joke.</blockquote>

<blockquote>CHORUS:</blockquote>

<blockquote>Edvard marched from vill to vill
<br />With his magic hat he earned his fill
<br />Though his hands were quick, his feet were small
<br />And he never could manage to fool us all.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Edvard von Craghelm was walking one day
<br />From [[Egron]] to Gibbon&#x2020; he made his way
<br />Across [[Umbo Moor]] toward Wentzel Fen
<br />And then, and then, and then, and then ...</blockquote>

<blockquote>FINAL CHORUS:
<br />With a rand-a-keered
<br />And a ho-de-veered
<br />Edvard von Craghelm ... DISAPPEARED!</blockquote>

&#x2020;Presumably Marsh Gibbon

'''Citations''':  [[Anaximancer]], [[Plain of Brahang]], [[Umbo Moor]].

--[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 01:09, 2 Oct 2004 (EDT)

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