Epistle To Derroll-Donovan

[ti:Epistle To Derroll] [ar:Donovan] [al:A Gift From A Flower To A Garden] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.19]Epistle To Derroll - Donovan (多诺万) [00:00.94]Written by：Donovan [00:01.94] [00:22.71]Come all you starry starfish living in the deep blue sea [00:28.09] [00:29.85]Crawl to me I have a proposition to make thee [00:34.83] [00:36.60]Would you walk the north sea floor to Belgium from England [00:41.43] [00:43.40]Bring me word of a banjo man with a tattoo on his hand [00:49.95] [00:53.31]The spokesman of the starfish spoke as spokesmen should [00:58.40] [01:00.24]If'n you met our fee then certainly we would [01:05.18] [01:06.85]Should you cast a looking glass upon the scalloped sand [01:11.84] [01:13.64]You'll have word word of this banjo man with the tattoo on his hand [01:20.14] [01:31.52]Oh come you starry starfish I know your ways are caped [01:36.88] [01:38.66]Maybe it's because you're astrologically shaped [01:43.43] [01:45.22]Converse with the herring shoals as I know you can [01:49.99] [01:51.77]Bring me word of the banjo man with the tattoo on his hand [01:58.27] [02:05.04]The eldest of the starfish spoke after a sigh [02:09.91] [02:11.80]Youthful as you are young man you have a wisdom eye [02:16.65] [02:18.34]Surely you must know a looking glass is made from sand [02:23.18] [02:25.01]These young fish are fooling you about your banger man [02:31.60] [02:37.99]Oh come then aged starfish riddle me no more [02:43.09] [02:44.82]For news I am weary and my heart is sore [02:49.61] [02:51.18]All on the silent seashore help me if you can [02:56.36] [02:58.04]Tell to me if you know of the banjo man [03:02.92] [03:11.06]All through the seven oceans I am a star most famed [03:16.31] [03:17.97]Many leggier have I lost an many have I gained [03:22.67] [03:24.35]And strange to say quite recently I've been to Flemish land [03:29.35] [03:31.20]And if you are courteous I'll tell you all I can [03:35.97] [03:39.11]Oh you have my full attention I answered him with glee [03:44.25] [03:45.66]His brother stars were twinkling in the sky above the sea [03:50.85] [03:52.53]There I sat there with rapt attention on the sand [03:57.29] [03:59.08]Very anxious for to hear of the banjo man [04:03.86] [04:10.63]I have seen this tattooed hand through a ship's porthole [04:15.45] [04:16.98]Steaming on the watery main through the waves so cold [04:21.87] [04:23.54]Heard his tinkling banjo and his voice so grand [04:28.38] [04:29.98]But you must come to Belgium to shake the tattooed hand [04:34.97] [04:41.45]Oh gladly would I come o gladly would I go [04:46.54] [04:48.39]Had I not my work to do and my face to show [04:53.11] [04:54.76]And I rejoice to hear he's well but I must go inland [04:59.34] [05:01.30]Thank you for the words you brought of my banjo man [05:06.32] [05:12.54]I walked along the evening sand as charcoal clouds did shift [05:17.78] [05:19.62]Revealing the moon shining on the pebble drift [05:24.41] [05:26.16]Contemplating every other word the starfish said [05:31.08] [05:32.89]Whistle winds they filled my dreams in my dreaming bed