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    White Man’s Recant

    Filker Leslie Fish has a plea to Thor for rain called “White Man’s Rain Chant.” She performed this at FenCon during a time of severe drought. A year or two later the situation had changed somewhat, and I came back with this… Words: Joseph AbbottMusic: “White Man’s Rain Chant,” Leslie Fish CHORUS: Hey, Thor, god of thunder,     Master of the winds of the western world,     Set your hammer down —     We’re tired of lightning and of storms. Often we have sung your rain chant,     Master of the winds of the western world,Now, I think, we’d like to recant,     Tired of lightning and of storms. CHORUS Last year, we had drought to haunt us,     Master of the…