The Starling and the Sorcerer

from 'Mary of the Tower' Except Only Some of the Tracks are Actually from 'Mary of the Tower' and I'm Not Telling You Which Ones. by Helen Rupp-Henshaw

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One snowy morning I saw something quite unusual sat at my door,
Frosted wings the poor little starling shivered and waited for destiny more,
Oh and when the sunlight comes he'll be leaving
'Til then I'll cover up his heart,
Safe til the sun appears he'll be waiting
This cold morning

Wrapped up in woollen scarves of mine he seemed contented to make it through the night,
I'll let him be, warming up nicely he makes not a sound but a gentle breathing,
Maybe now this little thing so deceiving
Learnt how to weave inside my heart,
Safe 'til the sun appears he'll be waiting
This cold morning

This little starling wandered far, I know his history's calling,
He is the son of a noble old sailor cursed by a daydreamer who thought him a dove,
When not a dove he found he did quarrel
Drunk in Mountsorrel with dangerous power,
Curse on his family who should know better
Than to cross paths with a drunken sorcerer,
Than to cross paths with a drunken

One snowy morning I saw something quite unusual sat at my door,
Frosted wings the poor little starling shivered and waited for destiny more,
Oh and when the sunlight comes he'll be leaving
'Til then I'll cover up his heart,
Safe til the sun appears he'll be waiting
This cold morning

Oh and when the sunlight comes he'll be leaving
'Til then I'll cover up his heart,
Safe til the sun appears he'll be waiting
This cold morning

When not a dove he found he did quarrel
Drunk in Mountsorrel with dangerous power,
Curse on his family who should know better
Than to cross paths with a drunken sorcerer,
Than to cross paths with a drunken

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from 'Mary of the Tower' Except Only Some of the Tracks are Actually from 'Mary of the Tower' and I'm Not Telling You Which Ones., released April 15, 2020

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Helen Rupp is a prolific Singer-Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Young Composer from Leicester.

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