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| House of the brave at heart |
| House of the loyal and just |
| House of the clever and wise |
| House of the shrewd and cunning |
| The sorting hat song in Book 1. |
| A smarter hat than me. |
| You can keep your bowlers black, |
| You might belong in Gryffindor, |
| Where dwell the brave at heart, |
| You might belong in Hufflepuff, |
| Set Gryffindor apart; |
| Those patient Hufflepuffs are true |
| Oh you may not think im pretty, |
| But don't judge on what you see, |
| I'll eat myself if you can find |
| Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, |
| The sorting hat can't see, |
| And unafraid of toil; |
| Your top hats sleek and tall, |
| Where they are just and loyal, |
| Their daring, nerve and chivalry |
| Where you ought to be. |
| So try me on and i will tell you |
| And i can cap them all. |
| For i'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat, |
| There's nothing hidden in your head |
| Where those of wit and learning, |
| If you've a ready mind, |
| Will always find their kind; |
| Or perhaps in Slytherin |
| Those cunning folk use any means |
| You're in safe hands(though i have none) |
| So put me on! Don't be afraid! |
| To achieve their ends. |
| You'll make your real friends, |
| For i'm a Thinking Cap! |
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| The Sorting Hat song in Book 4. |
| A thousand years or more ago, |
| When i was newly sewn, |
| Whose names are still well |
| There lived four wizards o |
| Fair Ravenclaw from glen, |
| Loved those of great ambit |
| And power-hungry Slytherin |
| Sweet Hufflepuff, from val |
| Bold Gryffindor, from wild |
| They shared a wish, a hope |
| Most worthy of admission; |
| To educate young sorcerers |
| For Hufflepuff, hard worke |
| Prized beyond the rest; |
| By Gryffindor, the bravest |
| Did value differant virtue |
| In the ones they had to te |
| For Ravenclaw, the clevere |
| Formed their own house, fo |
| Would always be the best; |
| Now each of these four fou |
| They hatched a daring plan |
| Thus Hogwarts school began |
| Shrewd Slytherin, from fen |
| While still alive they did divide |
| Their favourites from the |
| Yet how to pick the worthy |
| And tell where you belong! |
| I,ve never yet been wrong, |
| I'll have a look inside yo |
| When they were dead and go |
| Now slip me snug about you |
| So i can choose instead! |
| The founders put some brai |
| He whipped me off his head |
| 'Twas Gryffindor who found |
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| The sorting hat song in book 5 |
| To make the world's best magic school, |
| "Together we will build and teach!" |
| The four good friends decided, |
| They had the selfsame yearning, |
| Why, i was there and so can tell |
| How could such friendships fail? |
| So how could it have gone so wrong? |
| Of hufflepuff and Ravenclaw? |
| Unless it was the second pair |
| As slytherin and gryffindor? |
| For were their such good friends anywhere |
| might some day be divided, |
| And never did they dream thatthey |
| The founders of our noble school, |
| And Hogwarts barely started, |
| In times of old when i was new, |
| Thought never to be parted: |
| And pass along their learning, |
| United by a common goal, |
| Who's ancestry is purest." |
| The whole sad sorry tale. |
| Said Slytherin, "we'll teach just those, |
| Said Ravenclaw, "we'll teach those whose, |
| Intelligence is surest." |
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| With brave deeds to their name," |
| Said Gryffindor, " We'll teach all those |
| And treat them just the same." |
| Said Hufflepuff, "i'll teach the lot, |
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| When first they came to light, |
| These differences caused little strife |
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