I originally posted this last year on another site, but I've been reading on FFN a lot this year and have decided to contribute.

Blurb: Catherine Morland must leave Northanger Abbey, to the tune of the Christmas carol "Away in the Manger."


Away in Northanger


Away in Northanger

With no time for rest,

Beleaguered Miss Morland

Must pack her chest.

The Tilneys are leaving

The very next day,

And little Miss Morland

No longer may stay.


The Tilneys must travel

To visit a friend:

A forgotten promise

They cannot rescind.

The general announces

That before the dawn

The carriage is ordered

To take Catherine home.


Miss Tilney is weeping

To lose her dear guest.

'Tis a bitter cordial

That "Father knows best."

His whims she must weather,

Come heartache and shame,

While 'neath his dominion

And bearing his name.


With Henry at Woodston,

He hears not the news

Of Catherine's departure,

His father's abuse.

And when to the abbey

Our hero returns,

What horror he hears of,

What story he learns!


He love you, Miss Morland.

Trust him with your heart.

This forced separation

Won't keep you apart.

He'll follow you home

Like a little lost lamb.

His happiness rests

In the palm of your hand.