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Granny Green was stooped as a windblown branch
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She lived high in the bramble forest
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Once a fortnight, if the moon shone right
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she came down to our little village
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She brought blackberries and willow bark
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mandrake root and mushrooms
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And it was said she spoke the tongue of birds
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And understood the river’s whispers
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Now several girls among our town
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by a golden lizard they were bitten
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And those sweet girls lay stiff in their beds
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like frozen ice up on the branches
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Granny Green mixed a tonic for their ills
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but it was such a bitter tonic
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All who drank began to dance
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and could not stop their dancing
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But none would have danced one sinful step
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If that old crone had not bewitched us
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How we leaped and pranced and cackled
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the whole town writhing madmen
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And so desperate grew some to still their feet
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they dove into the raging river
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Still we danced on day and night
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till our fine clothes were torn and ragged
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And crying out, “Oh, Lord, make us stop!”
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we danced naked round the chapel
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How Granny laughed to see such sin.
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“It’s just water,” she said, “in my tonic!”
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But all cried out, “She lies! She surely lies!”
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and chased her deep into the bramble
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But like the four winds she disappeared
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Though we searched round and round the branches
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Rolling in leaves and naked ‘neath the trees
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we lost the way back to our village
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But I swear we were all pure of heart
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till that old crone did bewitch us
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And I know we will all go home
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when the good Lord returns to save us
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