Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.

Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.

Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.

Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.

He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.

He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.

One eare it heard, at the other out it went.

One eare it heard, at the other out it went.

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of read more

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of death.