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In a cryosleep manger | In a cryosleep manger | ||
Corbulo's the name | Corbulo's the name | ||
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As he and his chums were cryonically frozen | As he and his chums were cryonically frozen | ||
And off into slipspace the young people headed | And off into slipspace the young people headed | ||
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And some code that corrupted | And some code that corrupted | ||
As the good ship Jamaica flew on through night | As the good ship Jamaica flew on through night | ||
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Safe and preserved while poor Hamish just wept | Safe and preserved while poor Hamish just wept | ||
When he got it together, he resolved to survive | When he got it together, he resolved to survive | ||
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“Is the best kind of plan.” | “Is the best kind of plan.” | ||
So the darkness and cold would make anyone spooked | So the darkness and cold would make anyone spooked | ||
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In fact, you could argue it addled his brain | In fact, you could argue it addled his brain | ||
So when the ship at last reached the Corbulo banner | So when the ship at last reached the Corbulo banner | ||
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But I never revealed . . . what did poor Hamish drink? | But I never revealed . . . what did poor Hamish drink? | ||
So here is the moral of this dreadful tale | So here is the moral of this dreadful tale | ||
Revision as of 14:43, September 13, 2020
- "Honestly in the anthology, I was just excited to contrast stories about the giddy heights of artificial intelligence, with the slimy nadir of natural intelligence [in Saint's Testimony]. I’m also more closely aligned in real-life with Hamish than I am with Iona. And with Fractures, that’s further compounded by my now regular embarrassment of being contrasted myself, with a slew of far superior authors and creators."
- — Frank O'Connor[1]
The Ballad of Hamish Beamish is a poem included in Halo: Fractures: Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon. Written by Frank O'Connor, the Ballad is a tongue-in-cheek piece detailing the life of Hamish Beamish, a Corbulo Academy janitor whom O'Connor originally portrayed in a cameo appearance in Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. The story includes art by Garrett Post,[1] whose artwork was previously featured in the Headhunters short story in the re-release of Halo: Evolutions.
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