The Stag-Angelo Branduardi

[ti:The Stag] [ar:Angelo Branduardi] [al:Highdown Fair] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Stag (牡鹿) - Angelo Branduardi [00:26.14]"Tell us our good master [00:28.91]Why you sit there so quietly [00:32.01]And where are the trophies [00:35.21]You usually bring home [00:37.68] [00:38.20]Like the heads of the Bengal tiger [00:41.28]That decorate your great hall [00:44.49]And the skins of lion and zebra [00:47.62]That you've laid wall to wall " [00:50.31] [00:51.19]"My friends [00:52.49]In the foothills before the rainy season [00:56.54] [00:57.40]I went out hunting one day all by myself [01:02.76] [01:03.49]Keeping the wind in my face I crept up [01:07.98]To where a herd of deer were grazing [01:10.69] [01:11.35]When suddenly before me [01:14.19]Stood a great horned king of stags [01:16.84] [01:17.86]And it's the truth I tell you believe me [01:22.18]As the lord above's my witness [01:24.92] [01:25.46]The great beast did not quaver [01:28.37]But softly began to speak " [01:32.13] [01:36.58]"It's written in the stars lord [01:39.78]Upon this day I die [01:42.29] [01:42.79]So these my gifts I offer [01:46.03]To you this Eastertide: [01:48.46] [01:49.46]These majestic antlers for you [01:53.17]To hang your bows on [01:55.43]And these my ears as fine cups [01:58.61]For you to toast your ladies [02:01.17] [02:01.96]Take both my bright eyes [02:04.75]For a pair of shining mirrors [02:07.52] [02:08.10]And all these bristles [02:11.07]For brushes to shave your face [02:13.73] [02:14.63]I pray that you eat my flesh for ten days [02:18.83]And from my hide you make a warm coat [02:22.24]And as for your strength and courage [02:25.18]My liver will serve you well [02:27.70] [02:28.86]Thus in the stars it's written my good sir [02:33.11]That the body of this your servant [02:35.94] [02:36.54]Seven times will be fruitful [02:39.77]And seven times be reborn " [02:43.99] [02:47.85]"Tell us our good master [02:50.41]Why you sit there so quietly [02:53.26] [02:53.78]And where are all the trophies [02:56.90]You usually bring home " [02:59.57] [03:00.24]You usually bring home "