Eggs & Crumbs

from Life's Flame by Heather Alexander

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EGGS & CRUMBS
Verse Lyrics: Philip Obermarck
Chorus & Music: Heather Alexander

A woman had a babby boy,
She loved him much & he gave her joy
The wee folk came & on a whim
They took the boy away with them

EGGS & CRUMBS& MILK & GRAIN!
BRING MY BABY BACK AGAIN!

And in his place, they left instead
A changling sleeping in his bed
The lass, she saw his wizened face
"They ta'in my baby from his place!"

The changling shrieked & howled & cried
And not she did would make it bide
She formed a plan to try to prove
This elfling child was not her love

She put a cauldron on to boil
And soon the changeling ceased to roil
She broke a dozen eggs in half
And as he watched, the changeling laughed

She put the eggshells in the brew
He says, "Me Mother, what do you do?"
"Why can't ya see, me silly dove,
I've eggshells brewing on the stove!"

"In eighteen hundred years," says he
"A brewer of shells, I never did see!"
And with those words he realized
He'd broke the spell and he'd lost the prize!

Sea Fire Productions Inc. c&p 1996

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from Life's Flame, released September 1, 1996
Vocal, Guitar: Heather Alexander

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Heather Alexander Redmond, Washington

A changling from the Land of Fae, Heather brings stories and songs from a world where magic never dies and anything can happen if you only believe.

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