[00:10.86]Who will love a little sparrow?
[00:19.46]Who's travelled far and cries for rest?
[00:28.55]"Not I," said the oak tree
[00:33.41]"I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest,
[00:39.27]And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast."
[00:49.12]Who will love a little sparrow?
[00:57.49]And who will speak a kindly word?
[01:06.53]"Not I," said the swan
[01:11.43]"The entire idea is utterly absurd,
[01:17.17]I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other swans heard."
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[01:28.99]And who will take pitty in his heart?
[01:38.00]And who will feed a starving sparrow?
[01:46.81]"Not I," said the golden wheat
[01:51.82]"I would if I could but I cannot I know,
[01:57.62]I need all my grain to prosper and grow."
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[02:10.20]Who will love a little sparrow?
[02:17.89]Will no-one write her eulogy?
[02:27.26]"I will," said the earth
[02:31.97]"For all I've created returns unto me,
[02:38.04]From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be."
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