The Hogwarts sorting hat song

Something that makes me very happy that it turned out okay and surprised that I never thought of it till now.  My very own Hogwarts sorting hat song :)


Long ago there was a group of four
All friends with a magical core
Each was great in their own right
They were all gifted with unique might

They sat together and hatched a plan
Decided to start a secret clan
Special skills each would teach
to every magical student within reach

Each wanted kids of a particular kind
made a quill so witches and wizards they could find
They made me for sorting every incoming brood
so each got a house and no one was shooed

Brave and headstrong Gryffindor
wanted courage to the core

Smart and witty Ravenclaw
wanted minds without a flaw

Sharp and cunning Slytherin
favored ambition within his kin

Kind and loyal hufflepuff
took hardworkers without a huff

You each possess skills for more than one
But deciding where to put you gives me all my fun
All these years I have rarely been wrong
There is more to me than theatre and song

There is magic in me that is centuries old
Like the enchanted ceiling above, without the dark and cold
You are here now, so don't bother to run
Put me on, and have your day in the sun