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The Man behind the Rhododendron

from Folly by Mary Hampton

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lyrics

The world looks small through stable doors
And worth its weight in gold, of course!
So it's off to play at billiards out among the Hun,
Went the merry Lords of England.

They sailed away for far frontiers.
They slept in caves, ate chandeliers,
And steaming up the Yangtze on an improvised chaise-longue,
Appeared the merry Lords of England.

My eyes are dim!
I cannot see
The breast-bone for the cutlery,
The garden for the topiary,
The way we've grown for the Glory.

We held their gloves in common trust;
The sun shone through the knuckle-dust.
Then home to lie in dim-lit rooms
Of trophies they had won,
Repaired the merry Lords of England.

My eyes are dim!
I cannot see
The breast-bone for the cutlery,
The garden for the topiary,
The way we've grown for the Glory.

The snow falls down unbidden on
A man behind a rhododendron.
"Oh where is my white elephant?...
Oh where has my white elephant gone?"

credits

from Folly, released August 2, 2023
Double Bass - Seth Bennett
Drums - Andy Pyne
Piano/recorder/vocal - Mary Hampton
Harmonium/toy piano - Joe Watson
Recorded and engineered by Joe Watson at Timepass

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