The Sorting Hat’s New Song
Not so many years
ago, the Dark Lord was defeated.
Those left behind
sought out to see the old systems deleted.
Four houses that
had once nearly torn our school apart,
So they thought to
change our ways, to make another start.
Boundaries and
divisions set our world in black and white,
If we’d continued
that way, we’d have meet a sorry plight.
So they sought to
make anew the great houses of old,
That we may sort
our students, yet keep them in the fold.
They sat down to
think and plan, to find a better way,
Something to
soften divisions, to keep tension at bay.
And so they
decided on twelve houses, not four,
To forge the path
together as they’d never done before.
The Hufflerins work day and
night, to see their plans take fruit,
But never do they deceive
to win; they take another route.
The Huffleclaws foster the
best, patiently teaching others,
They create brilliant ways
to uplift sisters and brothers.
And always look to
Huffledor to see what one can be,
Fight for what’s right, for
justice, for love and honesty.
The dreams and
goals of Slytherpuffs are realised every day;
Their loyalty
makes good connections, in work and in play.
The shining group
of Slytherclaw will always come out top,
Their iron
determination and intelligence won’t stop.
Boundaries are
pushed by Slytherdors, with fearless ambition;
No one will get in
their way once they’re on a mission.
You’ll look hard
to find things Ravenpuffs don’t excel at,
They’ll work their
minds to gain prowess at the drop of a hat.
In Ravenrin, those
select few are chosen to take part,
In brilliant ways
that they achieve to set themselves apart.
The Ravendors
bravely pursue knowledge at every cost,
They look on what
is to gain, never what could be lost.
In Gryffinpuff
you’ll always find friends looking for fun,
Daring and
adventure, one for all and all for one.
You may think the
Gryffinrins are mad with the things they do,
But see the reward
of those risks, it always sees them through.
The Gryffinclaws
are always out to save the world and us,
Their clever
methods leave us all good without a fuss.
So they tore down
the dormitories, the tables and the teams,
To let students
choose where to eat, to play and share their dreams.
And Hogwarts is
united, after so, so many years,
Never again to
turn away from its friends and its peers.
