A thank you to J.K. Rowling

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I just received my shiny new album from Riddle^TM, "This Time Around." Wonderful, wonderful, courtesy of the identical twin songwriters, Victoria and Georgia. Man, I'll buy everything those two girls put out.

I thought that today, the release of the first part of Deathly Hallows, would be a good opportunity to highlight one of my favorite songs of theirs, "For Jo." (This one's from one of their album, "Secrets of the Darkest Arts," also well worth your money.) Link for purchase here.

July 21st 1997, and no-one had heard of you.
But one decade later there's queues at the door,
people placing their orders and screaming for more.
How far you have come.
How far you have come.

Enchanted the world with the story you wrote
of a boy who was ordinary.
And now parents read to children who have long been asleep,
'cause they want to know more about wizard Harry.
How far you have come.
How far you have come.

So, Ms. Rowling,
here is a song I wrote for you.
'Cause I'm grateful for all that you've taught me,
and inspired me to do.
You showed me good triumphs over evil,
and you taught the whole world how to read.
So thank you, Ms. J.K. Rowling.
Thank you so much for Harry.

Though all seven books have been finished and read,
the magic is still burning strong.
And we who were there will never forget
the anticipation we've for so long.
How far you have come.
How far you have come.

And we grow up with Harry, the Boy Who Lived,
who has helped us through all the bad times.
And the theories and mysteries, questions and clues
were the talk of the forums and in our hearts too.
How far you have come.
How far you have come.

So, Ms. Rowling,
here is a song I wrote for you.
'Cause I'm grateful for all that you've taught me,
and inspired me to do.
You showed me good triumphs over evil,
and you taught the whole world how to read.
So thank you, Ms. J.K. Rowling.
Thank you so much for Harry.

So we'll raise our pumpkin-juice and our Butterbeer,
and we'll sing about the great things you've done.
And we're happy now Voldemort's defeated,
and we'll cheer for Harry who won.

So, Ms. Rowling,
here is a song I wrote for you.
'Cause I'm grateful for all that you've taught me,
and inspired me to do.
You showed me good triumphs over evil,
and you taught the whole world how to read.
So thank you, Ms. J.K. Rowling.
Thank you so much for Harry.

So, Ms. Rowling,
this is the song I wrote for you.
Here's to you now, and your future.
And I just wanted to say,

Thank you.

And here's another one of their delightful songs, a patter song called "Beans."