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(Lyrics taken from insert to official concert programme from 25 June 2008 concert with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.) |
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Andersen: | |||
They said that Jenny too was once an ugly wretch | |||
And how her dress was torn and ragged | |||
Back when her life was brief and rugged | |||
She had no sense for fine perfume | |||
And still her eyes cast down as she walks | |||
through each gilded room | |||
You'll note her gowns are never hung with a string of pearls | |||
No one who sees her, plain and modest, senses the illegitimate girl | |||
Hidden within ... | |||
So, hark and hail "The Swedish Nightingale" | |||
Lind: | |||
Is this is not a pretty tale? | Is this is not a pretty tale? | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 27 June 2008
Andersen:
They said that Jenny too was once an ugly wretch
And how her dress was torn and ragged
Back when her life was brief and rugged
She had no sense for fine perfume
And still her eyes cast down as she walks
through each gilded room
You'll note her gowns are never hung with a string of pearls
No one who sees her, plain and modest, senses the illegitimate girl
Hidden within ...
So, hark and hail "The Swedish Nightingale"
Lind:
Is this is not a pretty tale?
Is this not a riddle?
A bow shoots arrows through the air
A bow drags notes from a fiddle
But who is the beau of poor girl’s dreams?
That a king may send to battle
Is this not a pretty tale?
Is this not a riddle?
If red is the breast of soldier’s tunic hung with a silver medal
And red is the thorn that protects the rose, a deeper red than the petal
How deep is the red our redeemer bled, the debt of our sins to settle?
How deep is the red?
How deep is the red?
How deep is the red our redeemer bled?
How deep is the red?