The piece is an ode to one of the noblest tribals in all of MTG: Rats. I wrote this song sometime last year when a couple of melodic bars and a very silly concept popped into my head on the bus and I tried everything I could to keep them there until I could work with them at home.
The lyrics, music, vocals, and ukulele work are all by me, Chris White-Sanborn.
The fantastic artwork is by artist Kev Walker, as seen on the classic Innistrad card "Typhoid Rats." No infringement is intended. I have a great respect for the artists of this game and will gladly replace the artwork here should it be an issue.
Likewise, I do not in any way own Magic the Gathering, which is the property of Wizards of the Coast. Enjoy the song!
And now, the lyrics:
C#Maj
Some they might call me an old fogey
Bbmin
C#Maj
When I say what kind of deck I like the best
Bbmin
The Maidchen and the Menschen
F#Maj
Ebmin
Don't fear my nuisance engine
F#Maj
Ebmin
But still they're running from my favorite pest
F#Maj
AbMaj
Oh...
Rats!
I love rats!
Gonna fill my favorite black deck full of rats!
I'm more than just Platonic
for the furry and bubonic
The doctor says it's chronic
I say Rats!
Like rats I'm something of a hoarder
It sometimes drives acquaintances away
But yours is the vexation
and mine the vindication
when my Steamflogger Boss sees Modern play!
Oh rats!
I love rats!
I base my code of conduct on my rats!
If you love something, get seven!
But why stop there? Eleven!
For company is heaven when you're rats!
Now that the "Four of" rule is with us,
Plague Rats can't be entire hands
But the gift our Patron sent us
In Fifth Dawn was Relentless
I now run rats instead of basic lands!
Oh rats!
I love rats!
My heart, my soul, my sideboard full of rats
I'd like to be the roomy
of a Samurai Nezumi
The world is dark and gloomy without rats!
I love rats!

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