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Butterfly


Flutter by, butterfly,

Wings of blue

Shimmering rainbows

Ev’ry hue.


Flutter by, butterfly,

Wings of green

Shimmering rainbows

Magic seen.


Flutter by, butterfly,

Wings of gold

Shimmering rainbows

Not to hold.


Flutter by, butterfly,

Wings of me

Shimmering rainbows

Flying free.


Ev’ry hue.

Magic seen.

Not to hold.

Flying free.

Wings of blue

Wings of green

Wings of gold

Wings of me

Wings of me

Wings of me

Wings of me

Butterfly.

Butterfly.

Butterfly.

Butterfly.

Butterfly.

  Music by Suno AI

Don’t Be Afraid 

 

Don’t be afraid just to go with your dreams,

Don’t be afraid of tomorrow.

Life isn’t always the way that it seems,

Go, give the dice another throw my friend.

Though other people can’t understand,

Hope is a star shining there for you.

Go on and live ev’ry day of your life

And you’ll have set yourself free.

Sometimes dark things abound

Light fades away

Closing around 

But there’s always a way...


Don’t be afraid just to go with your dreams,

Don’t be afraid of tomorrow.

Life isn’t always the way that it seems,

Go, give the dice another throw my friend.

Though other people can’t understand,

Hope is a star shining there for you.

Go on and live ev’ry day of your life

And you’ll have set yourself free.

Sometimes joy disappears

Ending the day

Leaving just fears

But there’s always a way...


Don’t be afraid just to go with your dreams,

Don’t be afraid of tomorrow.

Life isn’t always the way that it seems,

Go, give the dice another throw my friend.

Though other people can’t understand,

Hope is a star shining there for you.

Go on and live ev’ry day of your life

And you’ll have set yourself free.

Sometimes there’s only pain

Where’s life’s bouquet?

What’s there to gain?

But there’s always a way...


Don’t be afraid just to go with your dreams,

Don’t be afraid of tomorrow.

Life isn’t always the way that it seems,

Go, give the dice another throw my friend.

Though other people can’t understand,

Hope is a star shining there for you.

Go on and live ev’ry day of your life

And you’ll have set yourself free.

There’s always a way.

Always a way.

Always a way.


Don’t be afraid just to go with your dreams,

Don’t be afraid of tomorrow.

Life isn’t always the way that it seems,

Go, give the dice another throw my friend.

Though other people can’t understand,

Hope is a star shining there for you.

Go on and live ev’ry day of your life

And you’ll have set yourself free.

There’s always a way.

Always a way.

  Music by Suno AI

Do You Ever Dream? 

 

Do you ever dream of flying through the air,

And watching the world so far away, 

Away down there?

Do you ever dream that you could 

Fly away wherever you wanted to?

’Cross hills and trees to where you’ve always longed to be.

Higher, further, stronger – go!

Lift yourself there, oh, dare!

Fly high, through the sky.

Dream your dream.

So, if you have a dream, a dream you should share -

Then there’d be dreamers everywhere!

Dream on, dreamer, you’ve nothing to lose!

Dream on, my friend, there’s everything to gain!

Dream on, dream on, paint those rainbow hues and

Dream away the rain!

Do you ever dream of floating out in space

And watching the stars so far away, 

Away out there?

Do you ever dream that you could 

Float wherever you wanted to?

Past Earth and Mars to where you’ve always longed to be.

Higher, further, stronger – go!

Lift yourself there, oh, dare!

Fly high, through the sky.

Dream your dream.

So, if you have a dream, a dream you should share -

Then there’d be dreamers everywhere!

Dream on, dreamer, you’ve nothing to lose!

Dream on, my friend, there’s everything to gain!

Dream on, dream on, paint those rainbow hues and

Dream away the rain!

Do you ever dream of diving ’neath the sea

And watching the fish so deep away, 

Away down there?

Do you ever dream that you could swim wherever you wanted to?

Below the waves to where you’ve always longed to be.

Higher, further, stronger – go!

Lift yourself there, oh, dare!

Fly high, through the sky.

Dream your dream.

So, if you have a dream, a dream you should share -

Then there’d be dreamers everywhere!

Dream on, dreamer, you’ve nothing to lose!

Dream on, my friend, there’s everything to gain!

Dream on, dream on, paint those rainbow hues and

Dream away the rain!

  Music by Suno AI

For Me  

 

AH, YON BIRD -

ARE YOU THERE…TO BE HEARD?

IS THE NIGHT YOUR OWN

SAFE WORLD?

WHILE I LIE HERE BENT, UNCURLED, 

UNSLEEPING, KNOWING THAT

TOMORROW WILL BE WEEPING…

SO THAT I CAN BE A KING.


AH, YON MOON -

WILL YOUR LIGHT…END SO SOON?

CAN YOU STAY YOUR HAND

A WHILE?

AS YOU FALL BENEATH THE TREES,

SILENTLY BLACKING OUT.

COME THE SUN, PLEASE COME THE BEES…

SO THAT I CAN BE A KING.


AH, YON STARS - 

ARE YOU THERE, ODIN, THOR?

LOKI, FREYA, MARS?

MY LORD?

ARE YOU ALL OR ARE YOU NONE?

ON WHOSE SIDE: HIS OR MINE?

COME THE SON, PLEASE, COME THE SUN…

SO THAT I CAN BE A KING.

SO THAT I CAN BE A KING.

  Music by Suno AI

Heave Ho! 

 

Raise the sail, man,

Raise the sail!

Heave ho!

Set the course, man,

Set the course!

Heave ho!

Feed the fish, man,

Feed the fish!

Heave ho!

Learn to swim, man,

Learn to swim!

Too late!

Heave ho! heave ho,

Over the side we go.

Heave ho! heave ho,

At low tide and high tide we go.

It’s better’n, better’n,

Better’n than be’n inside!

‘Too late!’ she cried,

As she tried and tried to

Sit astride of the

Raging tide.

‘Too late!’ she cried.

‘Too late. Too late,

‘Too late

‘To wait!’

Instrumental

Raise the sail!

Set the course!

Feed the fish!

Learn to swim!

Too late. Too late.

Too late.

Can’t wait!

Fish bait!

  Music by Suno AI

It’s Funny 

 

Y’know, it’s funny

How a bloke can live a life

More or less alone,

In a happy vacuum between

Years before and years to come.

What are those years, anyway?

They’re gone, or on the way,

Part of another, vaguer, scene.


Y’know, it’s funny

How a bloke can change so soon,

One December day

When she arrives a little late,

To pledge herself all to him.

He knows, but doesn’t know,

That things are on the change,

That what will come will come what may!


Y’know, it’s funny

How a bloke can be re-born

When someone else is!

She, too, arrives a little late,

With much more fuss than her Mum!

Then life really begins

As a little life grows,

Grows, grows at a furious rate.


Y’know, it’s funny

How a bloke can win such joy

From a bit of him.

How fights and shouts and spanks and pranks

Blur and fade, yet grow and shine.

So comes today, this day,

No more is she a ‘child’ -

A woman now, but still the same.

Yes, it is funny, isn’t it! 

  Music by Suno AI

Let’s Go Off To Wars

 

My young friends, an enemy is across the sea,

They want our land and wealth.

They’re getting ready to dare to take us

By force and cunning stealth.

You must be steady, you must get ready,

You must believe in our cause.

Our life is far too dear to us, so

Let’s go off to wars.

The call has gone out, the call has gone out -

Muster to the call.

Your country calls, your comrades call:

Answer their call.

Empire’s youth, an enemy is across the sea,

Who wants our pride and wealth.

Who’s getting ready to dare to break us

By force and cunning stealth.

We must be steady, we must be ready,

We must fight those bloody Boers.

Our life is far too dear to us, so

Let’s go off to wars.

The call has gone out, the call has gone out -

Let us heed the call.

Your country calls, your comrades call:

Answer their call.

Allies brave, our enemies threaten the free -

They stalk our commonwealth.

They’re getting ready to dare to take us

By force and cunning stealth.

We must be steady, we must be ready,

Their guns are all aimed at our shores.

Our life is far too dear to us, so

Let’s go off to wars.

The call has gone out, the call has gone out -

Again we hear the call.

Your country calls, your comrades call:

Answer their call.

Free world men, enemies press in on all sides

To steal our lives and health.

They’re seeking the world unless we stop them

By force and clever stealth.

We must be steady, we must be ready,

Those commies care nothing for laws.

Our life is far too dear to us, so

Let’s go off to wars.

The call has gone out, the call has gone out -

Again we need the call.

Your country calls, your comrades call:

Answer their call.

There’s always an enemy around somewhere

Who wants ‘your land or self’.

Who’s getting ready to dare to take you

By force or cunning stealth.

You must be steady, you must be ready,

You must believe in our cause.

Your life is far too dear to them, so

Let’s go off to wars.

Again we hear the call.

Our country calls, our comrades fall:

Answer their call.

The call has gone out, the call has gone out -

Again we hear the call.

Our country calls, our comrades fall:

Answer their call.

Our comrades fall…

Our comrades fall…

Answer their call.

  Music by Suno AI

Macneill of Barra 

 

There is a small island across a black sea

Towards the sunset, westerly,

With long golden beaches, hills heather kissed,

Wide bays, still lochs, and sweet soft mist.

There lived a proud man

In castle of stone,

Loved by his clan, but

All alone

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

And on that small island across the black sea,

Towards the sunset, westerly,

The lonely young chieftain wed his sweetheart:

Gold days, still nights, never apart.

There lived a proud man

In castle of stone,

Loved by his clan, yet

Still alone.

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

The years slowly passed, he began to despair,

When would he get his son and heir?

Then came a night’s ending, goldening dawn –

From out of pain a son was born.

He was strong, he was fair,

Yes, from legends spun,

A father’s prayer was

His one son.

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

Across their small island his son roamed so free,

His life a golden melody.

Along broad beaches, over the hills,

Jumping, running, swimming in rills.

Building a new man,

Well vers’d in life’s guile,

To lead the clan in

Yet awhile.

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

Then away from their home, across the black sea,

The sounds of battle, stridently.

Alarums were sounded, loud was the call,

‘Help us!  Save us!  Answer our call!’

He sharpened his sword

And hefted his shield,

Gathered his horde, all

Hearts full steeled.

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

They carried his body back o’er the black sea,

Along a gold path, westerly.

Back to the island home, to the old chief

Awaiting his son: grief, oh grief.

And there they were buried,

The old and the young,

Together again, and

Their song sung.

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

Macneill, Macneill, 

Macneill of Barra.

Together again, and

Their song sung.

  Music by Suno AI

My Dreamtime Land 

 

Dream, then, of Australia,

My Dreamtime land,

Of its far blue low-slung ranges

And sun-hot burning sand.

Dream, then, of Australia,

My Dreamtime land,

Dream on, dream for

My Dreamtime land.

Roads leading far beyond tomorrow,

Roads stretching from long ago,

Roads for me to travel

Across my Dreamtime land.

Dream, then, of Australia,

My Dreamtime land,

Of its dry and rocky rivers

And creeks beneath the sand.

Dream, then, of Australia,

My Dreamtime land,

Dream on, dream for

My Dreamtime land.

Roads leading far beyond tomorrow,

Roads stretching from long ago,

Roads for me to travel

Across my Dreamtime land.

Dream, then, of Australia,

My Dreamtime land,

Of its fields like foreign countries,

And threats from desert sand.

Dream, then, of Australia,

My Dreamtime land,

Dream on, dream for

My Dreamtime land.

Roads leading far beyond tomorrow,

Roads stretching from long ago,

Roads for me to travel

Across my Dreamtime land.

  Music by Suno AI

My Love is Like a Red Red Rose  

 

My love is like a red red rose

A garden where only beauty grows

With wond’rous vistas plainly seen

In each leaf of emerald green

My love is like a red red rose

A place which my heart so truly knows

There are many strange twists and turns

And sweet, tinkling, crystal burns

My love is like a red red rose

A land of rainbows and sunset glows

A place, a garden, tranquil sea

There, my dear, for you and me!

A place, a garden, tranquil sea,

There, my dear, for you and me!

A place, a garden, tranquil sea,

There, my dear, for you and me!

For you and me!

  Music by Suno AI

Softly, Softly Goes the Sound   

 

Softly, softly goes the sound.

The world spins through space, 

And time moves at its will. 

Down here’s our human race, 

Together, for good or ill, for 

Softly, softly goes the sound.

Softly, softly goes the sound. 

The world turns through space, 

For us there’s much to do,  

And time moves at its pace. 

Together, friends, true for you. 

Softly, softly goes the sound. 

Softly, softly goes the sound.

The world falls through space,

Its own journey through stars.

And time, sometimes, shows no grace,

Together, we break iron bars, as

Softly, softly goes the sound.

Softly, softly goes the sound.

Softly,

Softly

Goes the sound.

  Music by Suno AI

Song of the Roads   

 

One road leads off to the left, along the ridge.

It climbs slowly, the path lit by the pale moon,

Strewn with stones and an occasional bridge,

Where the palest light is a miracle boon.

Trees along the way become stunted and small,

The path petering out roughly here and there,

But as the way fades the sky grows tall,

And the mountain air grows fair.

You may be on one road, my friend,

And I on the other,

But there’s no doubt that, in the end,

One road’s as good, or bad, as another.

The other, broader, road curves gently down hill,

Descending slowly, moonlight useless in trees,

Easy walking, where light and sound stand still:

It all – life, light, sound, shade – seems designed to please.

Descending further, the valley opens wide

With fields and farms, orchards, and life-sending streams,

And houses, with warming fires inside,

Where people begin their dreams.

You may be on one road, my friend,

And I on the other,

But there’s no doubt that, in the end,

One road’s as good, or bad, as another.

The first road climbs upward to the highest high,

Reaching past moonwards to Jupiter and Mars.

And as it winds up to beneath the sky

We see stars beyond stars beyond stars.

And there we stand, mind gazing far beyond eyes,

Questing.  What is there, past time and past vast space?

What is there causing life to arise?

Are we alone in this place?

You may be on one road, my friend,

And I on the other,

But there’s no doubt that, in the end,

One road’s as good, or bad, as another.

In houses and places where those people live,

They and their children, too, do quest and explore.

Is life a thing for us to take or give?

Is this all there is, or just could there be more?

What’s out there beyond our stars, what’s within our minds?

What happens as a wonderful thought explodes

As all mankind finally finds

Truth in the song of the roads:

You may be on one road, my friend,

And I on the other,

But there’s no doubt that, in the end,

One road inevitably leads to another.

In the end,

One road inevitably leads

To another.

  Music by Suno AI

Where Flowers Grow 


 

Words can tell 

The stories of loves;

Words can sing 

Of the flights of doves.

Words can help us 

Struggle through pain;

Words can bring life 

Flowing back again.

Words tell us things 

We didn’t know,

They make all our hearts 

Sink or glow:

They tell us when to 

Come or go…

You send them where they 

Shouldn’t go:

The older, wiser,

Fast or slow -

To live or die, 

Where flowers grow.

To live or die, 

Where flowers grow.

Where flowers grow.

  Music by Suno AI

Will I Never Hear Again? 

 

Leaves of autumn fall 

As winter calls.

My hope goes, like a failing tree.

Will I hear the call again, 

Calling summer's song down through its leaves to me?


Winds of winter storms, 

As cold winter forms.

So hope goes, like an ebbing sea.

Will I feel the flow again,

Flowing music’s soul down through the waves to me? 


Tears of sorrow spring,  

Salt streams, sad streams, lost streams,

And hope flees like a dying plea.

Will I ever dream again,

Warming sunshine’s rays down through the skies to me?


Leaves begin to fall,  

As winter calls.

My hope fades, a lost melody.

Will I never hear again

Calling summer’s song down through the leaves to me?


Will I never hear again,

Calling summer’s song down through the leaves to me?

I will never hear a call again.

I will never hear a call again.

I will never hear a call again.

I will never hear a call again.

  Music by Suno AI

Will She? 

 

Will she wait for me

At the gate?

Will she know that I 

Sigh for her?

Will we ever be?

A soldier I -

Paid to do or die,

A man who must plan only for 

Tomorrow. 

Will she be brave for me,

And save for me?

Will she pray for me or

Stray from me?

Will we never be?

A soldier I -

Paid to do or die,

A man who must plan only for 

Tomorrow. 

Will she wait for me?

Will she be brave for me?

Will she pray for me?

Or will she stray from me?

A soldier I -

Paid to do or die,

A man who must plan only for 

Tomorrow.

Will she know that I

Died for her? 

Tomorrow.

  Music by Suno AI

Without a Son 

 

What is a king,

Without a son?

A glorious lineage

Not even begun!


What is a king,

Without a son?

A tired old man, all alone:

A sum of just one.


What is a king,

Without a son?

A sad old man; on a chair:

A dynasty of one.


What is a king,

Without a son? BUT A

Smart old man, awake and fair?

Perhaps with an...heir?

Mmmm

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