Redwall -- A Filk, a redwall fanfic

This is a filk. This is only a filk. This is NOT a *SONGFIC*.

A long, long time ago
In a far off woodland meadow, in a land of peace and life.
It was the start of a holiday
When the creatures laughed and danced and played
Not knowing war and strife.

But Cluny and his band were comin'
With their swords, they sent mice runnin'
Bad news in the churchyard
Cluny camped in the grave yard.

And then he nearly ran down that band
Peaceful mice of the woodlands
Something told them to make a stand
That's when Cluny attacked.

And

My, my this here Matthias guy
Will protect us and defend us and will fight for our lives
We battle our hardest for the wooland mice
Sayin': This'll be the day the rats die.
This'll be the day the rats die.

Cluny showed up on the grass
Yelling screaming, and bein' crass.
Demandin' our surrender
But old Mortimer just stood there solid
Then he told them off, callin':
"We will fight until the bitter end"

Well Cluny threw an awful fit
And Constance flung a pawful of shit
The battle now was joined
Admist the battle noise

The yells and screams and clash of sounds
The battering ram began to pound
Blood splattered against the hot ground
That's when Cluny attacked

Now Matthias set out on this quest
To get the Vole family out of a mess
They had been captured by the enemy
With the help of Basil Stag Hare
They beat the rats out of their lair
The Vole family was free.

Matthias got a little lost
He couldn't find the river Moss
'Till Silent Sam dropped by
They found Redwall with one try
While Cluny recovered from a fall
His healers plotted a small haul
Then Cluny killed them both
That's when Cluny attacked

But look at that, Chickenhound's alive
He made it to Redwall with a dive
Cluny's changed his plans!
He'll tunnel instead of ram
Matthias is looking for Martin's sword
To defeat Cluny and his horde

This poem leads him left and right
From Redwall, and out of sight
He met the Guosim shrews
But they had horrible news
Asmodeus had Martin's sword!
Matthias said: Well, not anymore.
I will retrieve it now.

Oh, and there we were, all in one place
A battlefield of woodland race
This was finally it
So come on it, the traitor cried
Many woodlanders did die
When Cluny walked through those doors.

Otters, badgers, ferrets and rats
Stand there as Cluny sat
In the abbot's chair
"How dare you do this," the abbot spat
"You evil, awful form of a rat!"
Cluny laughed at him
Until upon a whim
He killed the abbot there.

The doors then opened with a sound
As the rats and vermin held their ground
It was only a mouse
But then Matthias yelled: "This is it!"
And his army spilled over the lip
Cluny abandoned house.

The battle was long and fierce
Limbs were rent and bodies pierced
The Warrior had returned
Cluny would be burned
All it took was a mighty swing
And the bell did for the last time ring
Cluny was smashed
They had won at last
And they were all singing: