The Song Of Eternal Numbers-Angelo Branduardi

[ti:The Song Of Eternal Numbers] [ar:Angelo Branduardi] [al:Highdown Fair] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Song Of Eternal Numbers - Angelo Branduardi [00:26.95]Come here my angel and sit on my knee [00:30.33]And tell me what song you would hear from me [00:32.91] [00:33.43]"Sing me the song of eternal numbers [00:36.38] [00:37.05]And from this day I shall well remember" [00:40.24]One is for the reaper [00:41.40] [00:43.38]Waiting for his harvest of life [00:45.79] [00:49.97]Two is for the oxen straining at the cart [00:53.18]Three is for the world and its every part [00:56.41]Four there are the standing stones of Merlin [00:59.73]Where the hero's swords were ever sharpened [01:03.34]One is for the reaper [01:04.70] [01:06.49]Waiting for his harvest of life [01:08.95] [01:10.40]And the sum of the golden times [01:12.26] [01:13.08]In all ages of man is five [01:15.37] [01:16.16]Sang the dwarf in a cloud of steam [01:18.41] [01:19.12]Threw six herbs in the draught [01:20.67]Which he stirred [01:21.22]And he laughed [01:22.13] [01:22.86]He went "ha ha ha ha ha ha " [01:25.07] [01:38.55]And there are seven suns and [01:40.42]There are seven moons [01:41.72]Eight the blazing fires by the first of June [01:45.03]Nine is for the maidens dancing [01:47.28]Round the fountain [01:48.13]Worshipping the moon rising on the mountain [01:51.31] [01:51.81]One is for the reaper [01:53.47] [01:55.03]Waiting for his harvest of life [01:57.39] [02:01.47]Ten is for the galleons coming from the war [02:04.69]Which our young men fought [02:06.18]On a distant shore [02:08.07]And walking with their flag [02:09.40]We counted eleven [02:11.19]All that now remain of [02:12.80]A hundred young men [02:14.77]One is for the reaper [02:16.04] [02:17.84]Waiting for his harvest of life [02:20.32] [02:21.72]And the sum of the golden times [02:23.72] [02:24.42]In all the ages of man is five [02:26.63] [02:27.58]And the months of the year are twelve [02:29.76] [02:30.43]Made of days made of hours [02:31.78]And minutes that pass [02:33.08] [02:34.21]And they pass and they pass they pass [02:36.14] [02:49.68]Now twelve is for the signs [02:51.25]In the starbright sky [02:52.85]In envy of his neighbour [02:54.36]Challenge and defy [02:56.11]I sing you the song of eternal numbers [02:59.01] [02:59.54]But I see a time when all is ended [03:02.20] [03:02.75]One is for the reaper [03:04.29] [03:05.84]Waiting for his harvest of life [03:08.50] [03:12.48]There will come a day [03:13.71]When the trumpet splits the sky [03:15.70]And thunder fire and wind [03:17.06]Will lay waste the low and high; [03:18.93]That will be the time in the song of numbers [03:21.84] [03:22.38]When the reaper tires at last of waiting [03:25.74]One is for the reaper [03:27.45]And two the oxen and three the parts [03:30.14]And four is for the stones [03:32.02]Five is for the ages six is for the herbs [03:35.22]And seven are the suns [03:36.77]And seven are the moons eight is for the fires [03:40.31]Nine is for the maidens [03:41.90]Ten is for the galleons [03:43.56]Eleven for the young men [03:45.22]Twelve is for the signs [03:46.62]And twelve for time a'passing [03:48.52]One is for the reaper who laughs [03:51.97]As one by one the stars blink out