Merlin in the Tree
Words by Joe Ficklin © 2025-02-14
TTTO Turkey in the Straw


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Once I was a listenin' / To a story told
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By an ancient man / For a coin of gold
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He took a sip / From a water pail
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Then leaned back / And began his tale

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	Merlin in the tree
	Merlin in the wood
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	Merlin in the tree
	Merlin in the wood
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	Nail him up and seal him up
	Never let him free
	Keep him in the darkness, old
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	Merlin in the tree

Went out to keep / All the Britons free
Raise Arthur up / As a king to be
His power grew / A threat was he
So a prison made from / A rowan tree

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There was a big fight / With Morgan le Fay
Mordred came close / The king to slay
The wizard saw / What was to be
And for this "gift" / Got nailed in a tree

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A thousand years / Enough to heal
And gathered strength / To break the seal
And a new age / He waits to see
When Merlin breaks / From the rowen tree

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