H.P. Lovecraft

So, I've been reading a lot of Lovecraft lately. Particularly curious to me is the pantheon of Old Ones: powerful extraterrestrial beings who ruled the earth in its prehistory and who were occasionally worshipped as gods, and who the very thought of can drive a student of the enlightenment completely insane.

I'm having trouble keeping all of their various attributes and roles in the end of days straight. Basically they are devoid of comprehensible morals, desires, and such...save the one desire to return to the earth, subjugate all life, and bring about a new era of badness for humanity.

In an effort help myself remember who all these guys are, I have composed the following, to be sung to the tune of ``The Farmer in the Dell''

Lovecraft’s Dream of the End
(to the tune of ``The Farmer in the Dell’’)
The Howler in the Void
The Howler in the Void
His name is Nyarlathotep
The Howler in the Void

The Howler finds the Gate
The Howler finds the Gate
The Gate is kept by Yog-Sothoth
Who also is the key

The Gate is opened forth
The Gate is opened forth
Cthulhu wakes and walks the earth
The Gate is opened forth

The Old Ones stomp around
The Old Ones stomp around
Shub-Niggurath stalks all the woods
And has a thousand kids

Cthulhu takes tribute
Cthulhu takes tribute
Dagon eats a lotta folks
Cthulhu takes tribute.

Azathoth he reigns supreme
Azathoth he reigns supreme
From his black throne of madness
Azathoth he reigns supreme

The Shoggoths get away
The Shoggoths get away
From their icy prison neath the ice
The Shoggoths get away

The innocent are food
The innocent are food
Worthy victims of the sacrifice
The innocent are food

Eventually it ends
Eventually it ends
The best thing `bout the Universe
Eventually it ends.

I’m sorry - I'm gonna go hide under my bed now.