"The Battle of the Neutral Zone"                   
(to the tune of "The Battle of New Orleans")                               
by Ellen Edgerton      

On stardate 45129.4     
We were mapping strange anomalies around Galornden Kor    
Two warbirds came and uncloaked right off our side,     
And they clearly meant some business and they weren't gonna hide --      CHORUS    We hailed their ships but the warbirds started firing               No other ship could help us, we were out there all alone               
We raised our shields but our defenses they were tiring               
We were under heavy fire out along the Neutral Zone      
Picard was prudent, for it looked we might be beat     
And so he ordered Data to turn round and make retreat     
But when we turned to go, something terribly was wrong     
We were suddenly surrounded by a dozen warbirds strong --      

CHORUS    We knew we had to warn the Federation               
But the Romulans they surely weren't about to let us go               
We knew we had to stop the Romulan invasion               
We were fighting for our lives out along the Neutral Zone                
And they fired on the bridge and they fired on the engines               
Our outer hull was breached and we lost a dozen crew               
They took turns shooting and we couldn't last much longer               
Our shields were slipping fast but we knew what we had to do      
"Surrender, humans," hailed the biggest ship     
Lieutenant Worf just growled at them and slowly curled his lip --     
Alas they didn't know they were in for a surprise     
They had underestimated a ship called the Enterprise --      

CHORUS    We fed 'em photons, our phasers were a-blazin'               
No other ship could help us so we did it all alone               
We held our ground and we saved the Federation               
Sent the Romulans a-runnin' far beyond the Neutral Zone.