The Blue House
Enchanting Tale: The Blue House and the Fateful Melody
Lyrics
A young maid fair as day fair as day
A young maiden, fair as day, wandered far from her home alone.
Wondered far from her home on her own
Lost in the rambling wood, she fell asleep by a babbling brook.
She got lost in the rambling wood
Upon waking, she spoke and requested to be taken to the blue house at the bottom of the hill.
Fell asleep by a babbling brook
Three small birds, black as night, advised her to stay away from the house below.
When she woke then she spoke then she spoke
Repetition of her request to be taken to the blue house.
When she woke then she spoke then she spoke
-She said, take me down to the blue house
She reiterates her desire to go to the blue house at the bottom of the hill.
The blue house, the blue house
Repetition emphasizing the blue house.
Take me down to the blue house at the bottom of the hill
Repetition emphasizing the blue house at the bottom of the hill.
Three small birds black as night black as night
Three small birds warn her to keep away from the house below.
Came to rest by her side by her side
They rest by her side and advise against going to the blue house.
They said, fair maid you should not go
The birds caution her to stay away from the house below.
Keep away from the house below
Admonition to keep away from the house below.
One by one off they flew off they flew
The birds fly away without revealing what they know.
Telling not what they knew what they knew
They sing, warning to keep away from the blue house.
Singing, keep away from the blue house
Reiteration of the caution to avoid the blue house.
The blue house, the blue house
Repetition emphasizing the blue house.
Keep away from the blue house at the bottom of the hill
Repetition emphasizing the blue house at the bottom of the hill.
Four small knocks at the door and one more
Four small knocks at the door; she hears his footsteps.
Cocked her ear to hear his footsteps on the floor
Invitation for the fair young maid to come inside and warm by the fireside.
Fair young maid do come inside
The man plays a tune on his fiddle about the blue house at the bottom of the hill.
Warm your hands by the fireside
She sat down and he rosined up his bow
The man takes her hand, promising to show her the magic in his song.
Played a tune on his fiddle soft and low
The fair young maid meets her tragic end, and the man uses a silver spade to dig her grave.
He played the tune of the blue house the blue house the blue house
At the bottom of the hill
She now rests among others in that land, and the man continues playing the tune of the blue house.
Then he took her lily white hand said
Come along, let me show you all the magic in my song
Reiteration of the man inviting her to see the magic in his song.
It was the last of the fair young made
The fair young maid's demise is hinted at as the man uses a silver spade.
Dug her grave with a silver spade
Now she lies among the others in that land
Repetition emphasizing the enduring tune of the blue house.
And the man still holds that fiddle in his hands
And he plays the tune of the blue house
The caution to keep away from the blue house is reiterated.
The blue house, the blue house
Repetition emphasizing the blue house.
Forever the tune of the blue house at the bottom of the hill
Repetition emphasizing the lasting tune of the blue house at the bottom of the hill.
Keep away from the blue house
Final warning to stay away from the blue house.
The blue house, the blue house
Repetition emphasizing the blue house.
At the bottom of the hill
Repetition emphasizing the bottom of the hill.
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