Down in the green hay
Where monkey and bear usually lay
They woke from a stable-boy's cry
Said:"someone come quick
The horses got loose, got grass-sick
They'll founder Fain, they'll die."
What is now known by the sorrel and the roan?
By the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey?
It is: stay by the gate that you are given
And remain in your place, for your season
And had the overfed dead but listened
To that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom
"Did you hear that, Bear?" said monkey
"We'll get out of here, fair and square
They've left the gate open wide!"
So, my bride
Here is my hand. Where is your paw?
Try and understand my plan, Ursula
My heart is a furnace
Full of love that is just, and earnest
Now you know that we must unlearn this
Allegiance to a life of service
And no longer answer to that heartless
Hay-monger, nor be his accomplice
(that charlatan, with artless hustling!)
But Ursula, we've got to eat something
And earn our keep, while still within
The borders of the land that man has girded
(all double-bolted and tightfisted!)
Until we reach the open country
A steeped in milk and honey
Will you keep your fancy clothes on, for me?
Can you bear a little longer to wear that leash?
My love, I swear by the air I breathe
Sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth
But for now, just dance, darling
C'mon, will you dance, my darling?
Darling, there's a place for us
Can we go, before I turn to dust?
Oh my darling there's a place for us
Oh darling. C'mon will you dance?
My darling, oh the hills are groaning with excess
Like a table ceaselessly being set
Oh my darling, we will get there yet
They trooped past the guards
Past the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards, all night, till finally
The space they gained
Grew much farther than the stone that Bear threw
To mark where they'd stop for tea
But walk a little faster
Don't look backwards
Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture
And the blackbirds hear tea whistling they rise and clap
Their applause caws the kettle black
And we can't have none of that!
Move along, Bear, there, there, that's that
Though cast in plaster
Our Ursala's heart beat faster
Than monkey's ever will
But still
They have got to pay the bills
Hadn't they?
That is what the monkey would say
So, with the courage of a clown, or a cur
Or a kite, jerking tight at its tether
In her dun-brown gown of fur
And her jerkin off swansdown and leather
Bear would sway on her hind legs
The organ would grind dregs of song
For the pleasure of the children who'd shriek
Throwing coins at her feet
Then recoiling in terror
Sing, dance, darling
C'mon, will you dance, my darling?
Oh darling, there's a place for us
Can we go, before I turn to dust?
My darling there's a place for us
Oh darling.
C'mon, will you dance my darling?
You keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill
Where you'll ever-after eat your fill
Oh my darling…dear…mine…if you dance
Dance! darling and I will love you still
Deep in the night
Shone a weak and miserly light
Where the monkey shouldered his lamp
Someone had told him that bear'd been wandering a fair piece away
From where they were camped
Someone had told him that bear'd been sneaking away
To the seaside caverns to bathe
And the thought troubled the monkey
For he was afraid of spelunking
Down in those caves
Also afraid what the village people would say
If they saw the bear in that state
Lolling and splashing obscenely
Well, it seemed irrationally washing that face
Washing that matted and flea-bit pelt in some sea's beach and old kelp dripping with brine
The monkey just laughed and he muttered
When she comes back, Ursula will be bursting with pride
Till I jump up saying, "You've been rolling in muck!"
Saying, "You smell of garbage and grime!"
But far out
Far out
By now
By now
Far out, by now, Bear ploughed
'Cause she would
Not drown
First the outside-legs of the bear
Up and fell down, in the water, like knobby garters
Then the outside-arms of the bear
Fell off as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes
Low red in a genteel curtsy
Bear shed the mantle of her
Diluvian shoulders
And with this sigh
She allowed the burden of belly to drop
Like an apron full of boulders
If you could hold up her threadbare coat to the light
Where it's worn translucent in places
You'd see spots where almost every night of the year
Bear had been mending
Suspending that baseness
Now her coat drags through the water bagging with a life's-worth of hunger
Limitless minnows
In the magnetic embrace
Balletic and glacial of bear's insatiable shadow
Left there!
Left there!
When bear
Left bear
Left there
Left there
When bear
Stepped clear of bear
(Sooner or later you'll bury your teeth)
[00:00.274]Down in the green hay
[00:04.036]Where monkey and bear usually lay
[00:08.790]They woke from a stable-boy's cry
[00:15.086]Said:"someone come quick
[00:18.508]The horses got loose, got grass-sick
[00:22.609]They'll founder Fain, they'll die."
[00:27.886]What is now known by the sorrel and the roan?
[00:31.412]By the chestnut, and the bay, and the gelding grey?
[00:36.010]It is: stay by the gate that you are given
[00:39.954]And remain in your place, for your season
[00:44.003]And had the overfed dead but listened
[00:48.496]To that high-fence, horse-sense, wisdom
[00:52.624]"Did you hear that, Bear?" said monkey
[00:56.620]"We'll get out of here, fair and square
[00:59.206]They've left the gate open wide!"
[01:03.282]So, my bride
[01:07.748]Here is my hand. Where is your paw?
[01:11.902]Try and understand my plan, Ursula
[01:16.630]My heart is a furnace
[01:19.974]Full of love that is just, and earnest
[01:24.206]Now you know that we must unlearn this
[01:28.098]Allegiance to a life of service
[01:31.860]And no longer answer to that heartless
[01:35.543]Hay-monger, nor be his accomplice
[01:40.088](that charlatan, with artless hustling!)
[01:44.033]But Ursula, we've got to eat something
[01:47.820]And earn our keep, while still within
[01:51.660]The borders of the land that man has girded
[01:55.683](all double-bolted and tightfisted!)
[01:59.915]Until we reach the open country
[02:04.042]A steeped in milk and honey
[02:07.778]Will you keep your fancy clothes on, for me?
[02:11.670]Can you bear a little longer to wear that leash?
[02:15.745]My love, I swear by the air I breathe
[02:20.500]Sooner or later, you'll bare your teeth
[02:25.620]But for now, just dance, darling
[02:29.721]C'mon, will you dance, my darling?
[02:34.031]Darling, there's a place for us
[02:38.315]Can we go, before I turn to dust?
[02:42.677]Oh my darling there's a place for us
[02:52.291]Oh darling. C'mon will you dance?
[02:56.653]My darling, oh the hills are groaning with excess
[03:02.478]Like a table ceaselessly being set
[03:07.337]Oh my darling, we will get there yet
[03:13.894]
[03:20.842]They trooped past the guards
[03:23.611]Past the coops, and the fields, and the farmyards, all night, till finally
[03:31.762]The space they gained
[03:33.825]Grew much farther than the stone that Bear threw
[03:38.632]To mark where they'd stop for tea
[03:43.569]But walk a little faster
[03:45.633]Don't look backwards
[03:47.722]Your feast is to the East, which lies a little past the pasture
[03:51.876]And the blackbirds hear tea whistling they rise and clap
[03:55.664]Their applause caws the kettle black
[03:59.765]And we can't have none of that!
[04:03.657]Move along, Bear, there, there, that's that
[04:07.941]Though cast in plaster
[04:10.658]Our Ursala's heart beat faster
[04:14.655]Than monkey's ever will
[04:20.872]But still
[04:23.092]They have got to pay the bills
[04:28.996]Hadn't they?
[04:31.504]That is what the monkey would say
[04:35.971]So, with the courage of a clown, or a cur
[04:41.587]Or a kite, jerking tight at its tether
[04:44.774]In her dun-brown gown of fur
[04:48.196]And her jerkin off swansdown and leather
[04:52.976]Bear would sway on her hind legs
[04:55.353]The organ would grind dregs of song
[04:58.357]For the pleasure of the children who'd shriek
[05:03.007]Throwing coins at her feet
[05:05.228]Then recoiling in terror
[05:08.362]Sing, dance, darling
[05:11.210]C'mon, will you dance, my darling?
[05:14.344]Oh darling, there's a place for us
[05:18.576]Can we go, before I turn to dust?
[05:22.599]My darling there's a place for us
[05:31.455]Oh darling.
[05:34.093]C'mon, will you dance my darling?
[05:37.463]You keep your eyes fixed on the highest hill
[05:41.773]Where you'll ever-after eat your fill
[05:46.188]Oh my darling…dear…mine…if you dance
[05:54.913]Dance! darling and I will love you still
[06:00.451]
[06:06.459]Deep in the night
[06:08.183]Shone a weak and miserly light
[06:11.056]Where the monkey shouldered his lamp
[06:14.139]Someone had told him that bear'd been wandering a fair piece away
[06:19.102]From where they were camped
[06:21.557]Someone had told him that bear'd been sneaking away
[06:25.476]To the seaside caverns to bathe
[06:28.506]And the thought troubled the monkey
[06:31.275]For he was afraid of spelunking
[06:34.279]Down in those caves
[06:35.977]Also afraid what the village people would say
[06:40.000]If they saw the bear in that state
[06:43.056]Lolling and splashing obscenely
[06:45.668]Well, it seemed irrationally washing that face
[06:50.135]Washing that matted and flea-bit pelt in some sea's beach and old kelp dripping with brine
[06:57.058]The monkey just laughed and he muttered
[06:59.984]When she comes back, Ursula will be bursting with pride
[07:04.294]Till I jump up saying, "You've been rolling in muck!"
[07:08.264]Saying, "You smell of garbage and grime!"
[07:12.261]But far out
[07:14.508]Far out
[07:16.310]By now
[07:18.034]By now
[07:19.758]Far out, by now, Bear ploughed
[07:23.494]'Cause she would
[07:24.722]Not drown
[07:26.864]First the outside-legs of the bear
[07:29.868]Up and fell down, in the water, like knobby garters
[07:34.178]Then the outside-arms of the bear
[07:36.947]Fell off as easy as if sloughed from boiled tomatoes
[07:41.309]Low red in a genteel curtsy
[07:43.895]Bear shed the mantle of her
[07:46.090]Diluvian shoulders
[07:48.284]And with this sigh
[07:49.695]She allowed the burden of belly to drop
[07:53.064]Like an apron full of boulders
[07:55.677]If you could hold up her threadbare coat to the light
[07:59.255]Where it's worn translucent in places
[08:02.442]You'd see spots where almost every night of the year
[08:06.178]Bear had been mending
[08:07.353]Suspending that baseness
[08:09.208]Now her coat drags through the water bagging with a life's-worth of hunger
[08:14.615]Limitless minnows
[08:16.392]In the magnetic embrace
[08:18.743]Balletic and glacial of bear's insatiable shadow
[08:24.307]Left there!
[08:26.423]Left there!
[08:28.068]When bear
[08:29.636]Left bear
[08:31.386]Left there
[08:32.744]Left there
[08:33.998]When bear
[08:35.174]Stepped clear of bear
[08:38.779]
[08:58.371](Sooner or later you'll bury your teeth)
[09:09.864]
