Early Bird (duo)
Plumes Ensemble: duo version of "Early Bird"
Veronica Charnley: voice
Pemi Paull: viola
recorded May 7th, 2014 in Guelph, ON
Lyrics:
I caught the sight of a melting pond
You, the swallow, were skimming on
Nothing could tell otherwise,
January left for summer!
I pawned off my winter clothes,
my bare arms exposed
Now the sun warms the roof,
warms your wings and cut you loose.
Gone are the months of suffering.
My heavy boots abandoning!
Could the swallow have volunteered to live out the winter here?
Suddenly an icy squall forms the writing on the wall.
Now from a lovely dream I must awake.
One swallow seen does not a summer make.
With your appearance all my hopes arose.
Your exit, swallow, wasn't grandiose.
You deceived me!
Please don't leave me!