2009 March 21
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The Candy Boy: A Ballad for Voices

March 21st, 2009 · No Comments

by Thomas Thornburg

MARY (First Voice):
Ride around the mill where the ghost flowers blow,
Go up to the glen where the sedges flow,
Pass by the bear grass, row on row,
Ride through the brambles, ride through the brake,
Ride up the swale to Dead Man Lake,
Step down easy, walk up slow,
Peer into the weir there and you will know.
TOM [...]

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Tags: Literature · Poetry