Lyrics for: Magic Spring
THE MAGIC SPRING
from Japan
NARRATOR: ONCE THERE WAS AN OLD MAN AND HIS WIFE WHO LIVED ON A FARM IN THE COUNTRY. THEY WERE BOTH VERY, VERY OLD AND WERE BEGINNING TO GROW TIRED FROM MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK. ONE DAY THE OLD MAN WENT IN TO THE THE FOREST TO CHOP SOME WOOD.
OLD MAN: CHOP, CHOP, CHOP.
NARRATOR: HE WAS SO TIRED, HE SAID...
OLD MAN: I WISH I WAS YOUNG AGAIN!
NARRATOR: ALL OF A SUDDEN, A STRANGE BIRD FLEW AROUND THE OLD
MAN AND SAID….
BIRD: FOLLOW ME!!
OLD MAN: NO, I DON'T WANT TO-
BIRD: FOLLOW ME!
OLD MAN: LEAVE ME ALONE!
BIRD: FOLLOW ME! (PICKS UP OLD MAN)
NARRATOR: HE BIRD BROUGHT THE OLD MAN TO A MAGIC SPRING. A
SPRING IS A POND FILLED WITH WATER.
BIRD: TAKE ONE SIP FROM THIS SPRING AND YOU WILL BE YOUNG AGAIN.REMEMBER, JUST ONE SIP!(FLIES AWAY)
NARRATOR: SO, THE OLD MAN TOOK ONE SIP() AND FELL ASLEEP. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE GROUND STARTED TO SHAKE!(AAAAA-POW!)
THE OLD MAN WAS YOUNG AGAIN!
OLD MAN: I'M YOUNG AGAIN!() I WILL GO HOME AND TELL MY WIFE
THE GOOD NEWS
NARRATOR: THROUGHT THE FOREST THE YOUNG MAN RAN LIKE A DEER.
WHEN THE YOUNG MAN GOT HOME, HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR-
OLD WOMAN: WHO ARE YOU?
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OLD MAN: I'M YOUR HUSBAND!
OLD WOMAN: YOU CAN'T BE MY HUSBAND, MY HUSBAND IS OLD LIKE ME!
OLD MAN: BUT YOU SEE, I DRANK FROM A MAGIC SPRING AND NOW I AM YOUNG AND STRONG!
OLD WOMAN: I WANT TO BE YOUNG TOO, LIKE YOU!
OLD MAN: GO INTO THE FOREST AND WAIT FOR THE BIRD AND HE WILL
HELP YOU.()
NARRATOR: SO THE OLD WOMAN WENT INTO THE FOREST AND WAITED FOR
THE BIRD TO COME. AND THE BIRD CAME BACK!
BIRD: FOLLOW ME!
OLD WOMAN: LEAVE ME ALONE!
BIRD: FOLLOW ME!
BIRD: YOU'RE VERY ANNOYING.
BIRD: FOLLOW ME! (PICKS UP THE OLD WOMAN)
NARRATOR: THE BIRD TOOK THE OLD WOMAN TO A MAGIC SPRING AND
SAID
BIRD: TAKE ONE SIP FROM THIS SPRING AND YOU WILL BE YOUNG
AGAIN! REMEMBER, JUST ONE SIP! (FLIES AWAY)
NARRATOR: BUT THE OLD WOMAN WAS GREEDY! SHE TOOK 1,2,3...10
SIPS; AND BOY, DID SHE FALL ASLEEP! MEANWHILE, THE OLD MAN WHO WAS NOW YOUNG WAS WONDERING WHERE HIS WIFE WAS.
OLD MAN: I'M WONDERING WHERE MY WIFE IS? I WILL GO INTO THE
FOREST AND LOOK FOR HER.
NARRATOR: WORRIED ABOUT HIS WIFE,THE YOUNG MAN JOURNEYED BACK
TO THE FOREST AND CALLED FOR HER
OLD MAN: WIFE, WIFE, WHERE ARE YOU?
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NARRATOR: THE GROUND STARTED TO SHAKE!(AAAAAAA-POW!)
AND OUT POPPED....A LITTLE BABY!
BABY: GOO, GOO GAA, GAA! (GOES TO MAN) DA DA!
OLD MAN: MY WIFE- A BABY? OH, NO- YOU DRANK TOO MUCH WATER!
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BE SO GREEDY? THERE IS ONLY ONE T
THING I CAN DO; I WILL TAKE YOU HOME AND RAISE YOU AS
MY DAUGHTER.
NARRATOR: AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE DID.
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