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Goldenheart
03:56
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Mr Fox
04:10
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Outside Mr Fox’s garden, three maids playing with a golden ball
Jenni threw it up and Susan caught it
Mary bounced it over the wall.
The wall is high,
Mr Fox has a little red eye.
In she ran to fetch her ball again
The garden gate stood open wide.
It silently closed and locked behind her.
Mr Fox stood just inside.
The wall is high,
His smile is cruel and his eyes are sly
He says I’ll keep this golden ball Miss Mary.
I shall have it and here you will stay.
You will keep my house and be my servant,
Never stir out for a year and a day.
The wall is high
The grasses shiver and the tall trees sigh
Spring and Summer passed like shadows
She watched the green leaves fade and fall
She walked alone in the empty garden
Mr Fox said nothing at all.
The wall is high
Never a soul came near nor by.
But three strange things he did forbid her
“Never touch my iron box.
Never go near the thirteenth bedroom
Nor near the bed”, said Mr Fox.
The wall is high
Mary don’t you dare ask why
Mary, she rose up one morning.
Found an iron box on the shelf,
But of all the rooms of Mr Fox’s
Bedrooms there were only twelve.
The wall is high
Mary don’t you peep or pry.
One day, Mr Fox went walking
In that box she found a key
It fitted a door she’d never unfastened
and when she opened it, what did she see?
The wall is high.
The door said Run and the key said Fly!
In Mr Fox’s thirteenth bedroom
A naked sword hung on the wall
On a silver bowl on the beds black counterpane
there she saw her golden ball.
The wall is high, the bed said
“Come” and the sword said “Die”!
In she ran to fetch her ball again
To snatch it off that great black bed.
Out jumped Mr Fox and leapt out at her.
His teeth flashed white and his eyes burned red.
The wall is high.
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The Fisherman's Baby
07:59
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Stonecutter
02:50
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The Wife of Bath’s Tale
18:51
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Surprise
02:42
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The Luckless One
11:07
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Willy's Lady
05:03
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The One I Feed
05:15
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Chorus:
Stories to light the dark
Stories to light our hearts
Stories to light up our way (x2)
Verse 1
We’ll take these tales and we’ll go within
To that strange and mystical land
Where dreams and myths are born
Songs and poetry are formed
And wondrous adventures abound
Chorus
Break
Oh let’s just imagine
And see where the wind takes us
Feel the endless horizon
When our hearts are singing in tune
Chorus
Verse 2
Let’s close our eyes and we’ll go within
To the place where wisdom unfolds
We’ll take these ancient threads
With our hearts and our heads
We’ll weave a new Myth of our Own
Chorus
Break
Oh let’s just imagine
And see where the wind takes us
Feel the endless horizon
When our hearts are singing in tune
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