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Released 12/25/2012.
Duration: 5:17.

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General contributors:

• Lauren Collis (vocals)
• KDMAnderson kdmanderson SoundCloud KDMAnderson YouTube kdmanderson Twitter (guitar)

Tracks that The Ballad of Maplehoof references:

• Pony Chorale by Michael Guy Bowman
• Upward Movement (Dave Owns) by Kalibration

Tracks that reference The Ballad of Maplehoof:

From Fandom:

• Emissary of Dance by Catboss

Lyrics:

Come gather round me, children
I'll sing you the tale
The Ballad of Maplehoof
Though she was but a foal
Her story touched us all
Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof

Maplehoof, Maplehoof
Ride, Maplehoof, Ride

Now circumstances brought her
From mother to daughter
A gift in cruel irony
Though an instrument of scorn
Our hero saddled on
And perhaps taught young Lalonde
To love a pony

She followed the Mother
To a land unlike no other
A land of Light and Rain
She helped to gather grist
At great personal risk
And probably did it
A couple times again

And soon, without fail
Found herself in the Veil
The conception of heroes
The beginning of our tale

Now a pony without rider
Found solace in young Strider
The knight had taken his steed
She accompanied him to Earth
Mere minutes after birth
Riding atop celestial seed

And they flew through the sky
A streak of pink and white
Young strider lay safely in tow
But our equestrian martyr
Her life for his was bartered
And her body slaughtered by Bro

And I'm never one to fib
She made him one fine bib
And protected his breast from stain
Though without her skin
Chances seemed quite dim
That she'd ever go riding again

Maplehoof, Maplehoof
Ride, Maplehoof, Ride

And the fight, it marches on
But here we sing her song
The Ballad of Maplehoof

Though she was but a mare
Her body was not spared

Though she was but a horse
History changed its course

Though she was but a foal
Her story touched us all

Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof

Sing the Ballad of Maplehoof

Ride, you Maplehoof, Ride!

(hyah!)

Artist commentary:

Ian White: (composer, booklet commentary)

I wrote these lyrics around the time that Maplehoof died in-story. I didn't put it to music though until after she had been revive as Minihoof. Kinda saps the poignancy right out of it. The lovely Lauren Collis sings vocals and the ever-punctual Mike Anderson provides the real life guitars. Sound effects provided by Mother Nature!