Welcome to "Zorbulin's Wake" (part 3 of "Zorbie the Zombie")

Author: * Stewellen Helvetti - 1 Post on this thread out of 24 Posts sitewide.
Date: Feb 2, 2007 - 12:26

For those of you, who have not seen/read the first two parts, start HERE!

ZORBIE THE ZOMBIE

A Graphic Novella
Part 3: Zorbulin's Wake

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Stewie: Welcome to my brother Zorbulin's Wake, dear friends!

Zorbulin Helvetti lived in Nova Iona
A Scotch magician, mighty odd;
He with a half-sister Stewie was born-a
And to rise in the world he carried a rod.

Now Zorbie had a sort of the tipplin' way
With a love of Aqua Fennica Zorbie was born
And to help him on with his work each day
He'd a "drop of the cray-thur" every morn.

Chorus: Whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Zorbulin's wake!

One mornin' Zorbie was feelin' full
He was possessed which made him shake;
The guillotin fell and broke his skull
And they put his corpse in a chest to wake.

They closed the lid and secured the rest
And pushed his swords thru its wall,
A bottle of Aqua Fennica on the chest
And a top hat on top of it all.

Chorus: Whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Zorbulin's wake!

His friends assembled at the wake
And Miss Stewie called for lunch,
First she brought in tay and a cake
Then pipes, tobacca' and whiskey punch.

Bridgette Cormac she began to cry
"Such a nice clean cut corpse, did you ever see?
"O Zorbie, ma friend, why did you die?"
"Arragh, hold your gob" cried Clarissant wee!!

Chorus: Whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Zorbulin's wake!

Then Shibori took up the job
"O Clarissant," says she, "You're wrong, I'm sure"
Clarrie she gave her a belt in the gob
And left her sprawlin' on the floor.

And then the war did soon engage
'Twas woman to woman and man to man,
AncientWorld law was all the rage
And a row and a ruction soon began.

Chorus: Whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Zorbulin's wake!

Then MacMorna raised his head
When a noggin of whiskey flew at him,
It missed, and falling on the dead
The liquor scattered over Zorbulin!

The corpse revives! See how he rises!
From the chest emerges Zorbulin's head,
Says, "Whirl your whiskey around like blazes"
"Thanum an Dhul, do you thunk I'm dead?"

Chorus: Whack fol the dah O, dance to your partner
Welt the floor, your trotters shake;
Wasn't it the truth I told you
Lots of fun at Zorbulin's wake!

Clarissant: See I told ya, I'd bring him back!

And so was Zorbie woken,
I hope you had a ball?,
and here's a mere token,
to prove that you saw it all!

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Credits:
MacMorna Niafer for suggesting "Finnegan's Wake" and for the dancers graphic.
Ward Theognis for the Chest & Swords graphic.
You all for your avatars, thank you! *G*
And of course, "Finnegan's Wake"
I hope no one got really hurt by a bottle (or the story?) ;D