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{{Title|''Odo the Hero''}}
 
{{Songs infobox
 
{{Songs infobox
 
|name=''Odo the Hero''
 
|name=''Odo the Hero''
|performed by=[[Rubeus Hagrid]] and [[Horace Slughorn]]
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|performed by=*[[Rubeus Hagrid]] and [[Horace Slughorn]]
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*[[Rubeus Hagrid]], [[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]] and an unidentified wizard.
|tune=Sorrowful
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|tune=*Sorrowful
 
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"'''''Odo the Hero'''''" was a wizarding song about the wizard [[Odo]]. The original singer is unknown, but both [[Rubeus Hagrid]], [[Horace Slughorn]], and [[Charles Weasley]] are known to enjoy it. Hagrid and Slughorn sang it at the funeral of [[Aragog]]. Hagrid also sang the song at the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding of Bill and Fleur Weasley]], along with [[Charles Weasley]] and a "squat wizard in a purple pork-pie hat".
[[File:Horace.JPG|thumb|[[Horace Slughorn]].]]
 
'''"[[Odo]] the Hero"''' was a wizarding song about the wizard [[Odo]]. The original singer is unknown, although it was enjoyed by [[Hagrid]]. [[Horace Slughorn|Professor Slughorn]] and he sang it after the [[Funeral of Aragog]], and, once Hagrid fell asleep, Slughorn gave [[Harry Potter]] information on [[Tom Riddle]]'s curiosity on creating more than one [[Horcrux]]. Hagrid also sang the song at the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding of Bill and Fleur Weasley]], along with [[Charlie Weasley]] and a "squat wizard in a purple pork-pie hat."
 
[[File:Hagrid.jpg|thumb|left|Rubeus Hagrid]]
 
   
 
==Lyrics==
 
==Lyrics==
Some of the known lyrics include:<br />
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Some of the known lyrics include:
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''And Odo the hero, they bore him back home<br />''
 
''To the place that he'd known as a lad,<br />''
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''"And Odo the hero, they bore him back home<br />''
''They laid him to rest with his hat inside out<br />''
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''To the place that he'd known as a lad,''<br />
''And his wand snapped in two, which was sad.''<br />
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''They laid him to rest with his hat inside out''<br />
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''And his [[wand]] snapped in two, which was sad."''<br />
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==Behind the scenes==
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*''Odo the Hero'' seems to be a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Beowulf|Beowulf]]'', an Old English heroic epic poem about a brave king who gets fatally wounded in his final battle, and after his death his servants bury him in his native Geatland.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
 
{{Song stub}}
 
 
[[Category:Songs]]
 
[[Category:Songs]]

Revision as of 21:17, 4 October 2014

"Odo the Hero" was a wizarding song about the wizard Odo. The original singer is unknown, but both Rubeus Hagrid, Horace Slughorn, and Charles Weasley are known to enjoy it. Hagrid and Slughorn sang it at the funeral of Aragog. Hagrid also sang the song at the wedding of Bill and Fleur Weasley, along with Charles Weasley and a "squat wizard in a purple pork-pie hat".

Lyrics

Some of the known lyrics include:

"And Odo the hero, they bore him back home
To the place that he'd known as a lad,
They laid him to rest with his hat inside out
And his wand snapped in two, which was sad."

Behind the scenes

  • Odo the Hero seems to be a reference to Beowulf, an Old English heroic epic poem about a brave king who gets fatally wounded in his final battle, and after his death his servants bury him in his native Geatland.

Appearances