To a Child
experimental balalaika folk minimal techno, interesting modal melody, forest sounds, melodic, upbeat
To a Child
experimental balalaika folk minimal techno, interesting modal melody, forest sounds, melodic, upbeat
Lyrics
Adapted from the poem by Sophie Jewett
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Verse 1
The leaves talked in the twilight, dear;
Hearken the tale they told:
How in some far-off place and year,
Before the world grew old,
instrumental pause
Verse 2
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird
Who sheltered at the heart of me
Because the north wind stirred;
Instrumental
chorus - dreamy
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird
instrumental- virtuoso aztec flute, tambourine, clear sound, high quality
Verse 3
How, when the chiding gale was still,
When peace fell soft on fear,
You stayed one golden hour to fill
My dream with singing, dear.
Instrumental
Verse 4
Tonight the self-same songs are sung
The first green forest heard;
My heart and the gray world grow young—
To shelter you—
my bird.
Instrumental
final chorus - dreamy
I was a dreaming forest tree,
You were a wild, sweet bird
instrumental outro - aztec flute, clear sound, high quality
very faint
(I was a dreaming forest tree)
(You were a wild, sweet bird)
end