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I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.
If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.
Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.
Out of their saddles into the dirt--and thereby hangs a tale.
In vain would I seek to discover
Why sad and mournful am I,
My thoughts without ceasing read more
In vain would I seek to discover
Why sad and mournful am I,
My thoughts without ceasing brood over
A tale of the time gone by.
[Ger., Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten,
Dass ich so traurig bin:
Ein marchen aus alten Zeiten
Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.]
Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.
Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.
For seldom shall she hear a tale
So said, so tender, yet so true.
