Fable of the Brown Ape-Nick Cave

[ti:Fable of the Brown Ape] [ar:Nick Cave] [al:Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orp] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.87]Farmer Emmerich went into his barn [00:04.68] [00:05.37]And found a cow suckling a serpent [00:08.86]And a brown ape clanking a heavy chain [00:13.12]Said Farmer Emmerich to the ape [00:17.05]Never ask me to come into this barn again [00:23.38] [00:24.81]So Long [00:26.50] [00:28.36]Farewell [00:30.87]So Long [00:33.75] [00:39.49]Farmer Emmerich caught the serpent [00:43.60]And the brown ape in a cage [00:46.42] [00:47.04]And took them into his house [00:49.60] [00:50.29]He fed the snake a vat of milk [00:53.28] [00:53.84]And when the ape rattled its chain [00:57.58]He tossed the ape a mouse [01:02.01] [01:03.07]So Long [01:06.63]Goodbye [01:08.87]Farewell [01:11.05] [01:17.41]The villagers found out that Farmer Emmerich [01:21.66]Was nurturing a serpent [01:25.22]And descended upon his farm [01:28.41]All rabid in their blindness [01:32.15]They dragged the snake outside [01:35.40]Chopped it open with an axe [01:38.84]And the ground soaked [01:40.59]In the milk of human kindness [01:48.07]So Long [01:51.07]Farewell [01:53.69]So Long [01:57.12] [02:02.99]But the brown ape escaped [02:05.86] [02:06.48]And was heard to roam the ranges [02:10.60]Clanking its heavy chain [02:13.47] [02:14.04]Down in the valley it sang to its friend [02:20.08] [02:20.77]Whom he may never see again