The Ballad of If

From Halo: Daybreak

The Ballad of If was a Kig-Yar epic poem that predated first contact with the Covenant.

Known exerpts[edit | edit source]

Pauper's refrain[edit | edit source]

"Better a ditchdigger than a soldier be, sirrah!
Better to dig the graves than to lay within.
For princes plot and generals preen
Until the peasants take their heads.
And mercenaries die in muddy fields
Or they starve in times of peace.
But the ditchdigger, ah, the ditchdigger,
We humble scavengers of the battlefield,
We ditchdiggers go as we please."

Derivative proverbs[edit | edit source]

"The generalissimo scouts, and the generalissimo plots,
But she may as well play with dice."

List of Appearances[edit | edit source]