The Ant And The Grasshopper-Martin Carthy

[ti:The Ant And The Grasshopper] [ar:Martin Carthy] [al:Right Of Passage] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Ant And The Grasshopper - Martin Carthy [00:13.12]The ant and the grasshopper [00:15.05]Everyone knows how the story goes [00:18.42]How the ant was diligent never spent [00:20.90]Anything lightly laboured wisely [00:24.66]And gathered his store for tomorrow [00:28.54] [00:30.32]As for the grasshopper [00:32.00]Clad in the summer sunshine [00:34.03]Light as the wind on the broken water [00:38.14]His song he gave to the summer days [00:41.70]Singing where the dance leads I'll follow [00:46.29] [00:47.60]Then came a hard winter nothing grew [00:50.90]And the cold wind blew [00:52.86]But the ant was safe and sound underground [00:55.62]Carefully counting his pile around him [00:59.30]Dividing his time until tomorrow [01:03.51] [01:04.60]Now see the grasshopper [01:06.40]Blown by the north wind's fury [01:08.37]Hungering for the easy summer [01:11.76] [01:12.68]Comes to the ant and says [01:14.40]My brother give me bread [01:16.37]Now's the dance that I must follow [01:21.14] [01:24.35]Why did you waste the summer [01:26.03]Summers don't last forever [01:28.06]You're just an idle beggar [01:30.04]You must pay the price sacrifice [01:32.85]You wouldn't heed me you took life easy [01:36.57]Take the punishment that follows [01:39.92] [01:41.12]Now see the grasshopper reel like a dry leaf falling [01:44.82]Weaving a dance that will last forever [01:48.95] [01:52.89]Back goes the ant to his nest [01:54.69]To work to feed to rest [01:56.99]For him there will always be tomorrow [02:02.46] [02:08.75]The ant and the grasshopper [02:10.79]Everyone knows how the story goes [02:14.37]How the ant was diligent never spent [02:16.64]Anything lightly laboured wisely [02:20.51]And gathered his store for tomorrow [02:23.71] [02:25.79]As for the grasshopper [02:27.47]Clad in the summer sunshine [02:29.32]Light as the wind on the broken water [02:33.51]His song he gave to the summer days [02:36.94]Singing where the dance leads I'll follow