Larry Heyl wintersmith
2009-01-12
Title
Wintersmith
description
This song is based on the Terry Pratchett novel "Wintersmith". It's the third in the Tiffany Aching young adult series set on Discworld. Wintersmith by Larry Heyl The Wintersmith comes at the end of the fall Painting windows and dropping white The animals hide when they hear his call So cold in the middle of the night So cold in the middle of the night. I didn't know there was another Morris Dance When the witch took me up on the hill It was all so quiet and where was the clown? Dancing in those spaces left to fill I thought "Why not?", and then "I will." So I danced, danced, danced with the Wintersmith I think I gave him a surprise He never knew a girl like me He was ancient but not very wise He was ancient but not very wise I got another letter from that boy back home I know he's leaving some things out The Wintersmith sculpts me in every flake I wonder what it's all about I wonder what love's all about. The winter was hard and when Spring came He wouldn't get out of the way Summer was locked in the underworld As winter stayed another day The Wintersmith wouldn't go away. Yes I danced danced danced with the Wintersmith And he wouldn't stop dancing because He never knew a girl like me And he didn't know what love was No he didn't know what love was. The fire burned high as I melted him away Trying to make spring come The lambs were dying and my brother was lost And I had him on the run But the Wintersmith wasn't done. He took me to his castle of ice It all seemed so hit or miss Sometimes he was cold but sometimes he was nice So I ended it all with a kiss I ended it all with a kiss. Yes I danced danced danced with the Wintersmith As I learned all about love It was a hard winter and spring wouldn't come But when the push came to the shove I taught him a bit about love. I taught him a bit about love. ----- This demo version was recorded on my Zoom H4 using the mics on the recorder. Post production was done in SAW Classic. I had the idea on January 10, wrote the lyrics on January 11, wrote the music and made the recording today, January 12, 2009. I am encouraging Rachael McBride to write her own music for the song. It's licensed Creative Commons attribution 3.0 so you can use it in your project or make your own recording with your own music. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Hairy Larry
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