Duty Song

Oh, we must give honour to those dragons heed,
 In thought and in favour,
 In word and in deed,
 For our world will be lost or our world will be saved,
 From those dangers that are by the dragons braved.
 Weaver, and farmer, and miner, and smith,
 Tanner and herdsman, all Lord Holders with.
 Our harpers atuned to the lessons we learn,
 Remember our duty to those who save Pern.
 We'll nurture our dragons, the Queens rule their bands,
 Their clutches will shell on the hatching ground sands.
 We'll search out the riders who will love and endure,
 With their dragonmates keeping our planet secure.
 We rise from the Weyr on our dragonmates bold,
 Wheeling and turning, the hungry Threads burning,
 A dragon must fly, when there are threads in the sky.
 Oh Lord of the Hold you must keep your charge sure,
 Behind metal doors, with your people secure,
 See well to the herdbeasts, keep cellars well stored,
 Lest fall leave you hungry, and holdless, and scored.
 Oh we must give honour to those dragons heed,
 In thought and in favour,
 In word and in deed,
 For our world will be lost or our world will be saved,
 From those dangers that are by the dragons braved.