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And the Child Called to Her

from Caucasian Chalk Circle by Mark Nichols

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Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, Music by Mark Nichols

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As she wandered between courtyard and gate
She heard--or she thought she heard
A low voice calling
And the child called to her
Not whining but calling quite sensibly,
Or so it seemed.
"Woman," it said, "help me",
And it went on not whining, but saying quite sensibly
"Know woman, he who hears not the cry for help
But passes by with troubled ears, will never hear
The gentle call of a lover nor the blackbird at the dawn,
Nor the happy sigh of the exhausted grape picker
At the sound of the angelus [bell].

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from Caucasian Chalk Circle, released November 13, 2012

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