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Argonautica
03:15
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Loose the string, the arrow sings and reservations tire
The heart is a boon when her blood boils
Can a mortal hand restrain the emanating fires
And scatter the teeth over gods’ soil?
Be all anointed!
Penetrate the grove and let the foreign hand be idle
The guardian’s restless and wide-eyed
Will the song of Hypnos bring us what we are entitled?
Call for the queen when the sprig’s plied
The serpent slumbers!
The serpent slumbers!
Illumination
The prize is taken
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Paul Bunyan
05:37
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Paul, Paul Bunyan
Such a strong man
Paul, Paul Bunyan
Such a strong man
Cut his teeth on a peavey pole
Wore his dad’s clothes at five days old
His bassinet was a lumber wagon
The Coast of Maine was his own big playpen
Slept on the sea, and the waves were crashin’
It took a canon to stop him nappin’
Paul the giant got an axe and
Became the world’s greatest lumberjack!
And the East
Was too small
For the beast
who was Paul
Paul Bunyan
Paul, Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan, he loved his pancakes
Ate fifty in just one minute
Paul Bunyan, he loved his pancakes
Ate fifty in just one minute!
Cause he’s
Paul, Paul Bunyan
Paul, Paul Bunyan
And Babe, His companion
Pulled the weight
Of his wagon
And the day
They both died
They were one
with the mountains
Paul, Paul Bunyan
Such a strong man
Paul, Paul Bunyan
Such a strong man
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3. |
David and Goliath
02:37
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Oh Saul, what's there to fear in a bold call or a strong hand
When we've God in our land?
There's no need for the armor and sword though, for it's His fight
I'll be all right
Oh, come to carry the stone
Oh, I've come to carry the stone
When the lion drew
One from multitudes
I found his roar a ruse
Can the same be said of you?
Bird and beast come for the feast
When all your armies have fallen to their knees
Nowhere to flee—now do you see?
It wasn’t chance that delivered your life unto me
Oh, come to carry the stone
Oh, I’ve come to carry the stone
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4. |
Selkie
03:07
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I shed my skin and was a woman once
I had four kids and had a husband once
But this whole life of land and sun just wadn’t for me
I needed to be back in my home beneath the sea
In my oiled coat he hid so long from me
My flippers flappin on the waves
Glossed eyes open wide in the water
And though I terribly miss my family
I miss my man and all the crazy things he’d do to me
Land life just wadn’t where I wanted to be
For I cannot betray my first marriage to the sea
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I was your bride, underneath you
If I were alive, we’d have children
Vipers got the best of me, but
in Elysium, we’re all happy
You were the groom, such a genius,
And I was alone, underneath the
Tidal waves of the River Styx
And you came to save me,
But now I’m happy
In Elysium, there’s no sadness,
Just waiting around for the rest of us
Don’t let me drag you down, Orpheus, ‘cause
If I come back up, it won’t be the best for us
Don’t let me drag you down, Orpheus, ‘cause
If I come back up, it won’t be the best for us
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6. |
Tortoise and Hare
03:35
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So, you’ve got the legs
But can you bear ‘em with the right mind-set?
Effervescent faith
Is all it takes to make the great far less
Oh, a lesson is due
To make you small for a while
So, I’ll win the day, if only to say
It gave you pause for a while
So, you set the pace
And yet deliver up the lead in jest
Where’s your pride of place
When all your glory culminates in rest?
Oh, a lesson is due
To make you small for a while
So, I’ll win the day, if only to say
It gave you pause for a while
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7. |
La Llorona
04:12
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La Llorona listlessly weeps in her bed
Deep beneath the river so wide--
for there is no language to describe
a Mother whose babies have died.
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8. |
Yael and Sisera
02:42
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Honor killing in the sand
Sisera, my brother, lay dead
Yael crept up while he slept
And stabbed him in the head
Adonai, Adonai
A woman’s done your dirty work
Adonai
Sisera’s blood in the dirt, Adonai
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9. |
Theseus
06:01
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Named the Aegean Sea
Named the Aegean Sea
If the sandal fits and the weapon’s fine
I’ll resurrect the king’s line
If the road is long, I’m the more inclined
To lay a claim to what’s mine
But oh, many are the
Men who’d run you through
I can only venerate the true
Someone had to give ‘em what was long due
Recognize what the scabbard hides
What the scabbard hides
Spill the wine in the nick of time
In the nick of time
Named the Aegean Sea
Named the Aegean Sea
When the Cretan calls for the young and bright
I’ll lend a hand to do right
Mark returning sails: if they billow white
They herald in a good fight
But hey, who’s the
Little lady come my way?
Never hesitating to convey
Everything the architect could not say
Tethered fast to a thread attached
To a thread attached
Though it’s rash, let the die be cast
Let the die be cast
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10. |
Pecos Bill
03:51
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Pecos Bill, king of the West
King of the West
Pecos Bill, king of the West
King of the West
Raised by Coyotes in the desert
Bill rode a horse named Widow-Maker
But sometimes rode a mountain lion
Or a tornado like a buckin’ bronco
That Pecos Bill, king of the West
King of the West
Pecos Bill, king of the West
King of the West
Slue-Foot Sue, his old lady
Cooked him dynamite for breakfast
She rode a catfish down the Rio Grande
And her love for him was thick and true
Pecos Bill, king of the West
King of the West
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11. |
Coyote Steals Fire
03:40
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Winter’s come, and it won’t be long
Many have passed and the herd is thinning
But there’s hope in Coyote’s song
Leading us back up the river, grinning
See those fingers of fire burn
Flickering out through the pines to greet us?
We’ve a right to the light in turn
Holy flame, like a god—relieve us!
Fleet of foot follows sleight of hand
Faces colored and captivated
Take no heed of the burning brand
Borne away to be celebrated
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12. |
Avalon
05:25
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She was a healer
A healer on the island of Avalon
And her brother
Brother Arthur stole the sword Excalibur
Oh, Le Fay
Oh, Le Fay
She’s got her wounds
And her romances
But on the sea in Sicily
Oh, how she dances
Oh, Le Fay
Oh, Le Fay
And the waves were rushing
And the waves were rushing
And the waves were rushing
And the waves were rushing
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13. |
Flight of Icarus
04:51
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Icarus, you’ll learn
That the body is a weight
For the soul to spurn
When a vision ill-fated
Makes a martyr of you
Icarus, you’ve heard
That the loftiest can fail
But the heart is spurred
And the heat of youth prevails
With a father’s cries deferred
Heaven opens for you
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14. |
Daphne
06:08
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Two arrows shot in stereo A planned misunderstanding One man left magnetic and wanting One woman left running
“Change my form,” you begged to me, “Get me out of this body Open the earth to enclose me Let my hands be branches
Let my hair be leaves Let me get away from the danger This body’s brought me.”
And you became a laurel tree Immortal and everlasting
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