Legend Of A Girl Child Linda Lyrics - Donovan Leitch

I will bring you gold apples and grapes made of rubies 

That have shone in the eyes of a prince of the breeze 

Bright cascading crystals, they danced in the sand dunes 

On the beach of no footprints to harpsichord tunes 

A throne of white ivory, a gown of white lace 

Lies still in the magic of a timeless place 

One hundred small children, they laugh at the white doves 

That rest on their hands with the touch of love 

On a hillside of velvet, the children they lay down 

And make fun of the grown-ups with their silly frown 

And the sound of their laughter is the sound of the green sea 

As it washed around the foot of the seashell tree 

The doves circle over and land in the trees 

Where parrots are talking their words with such ease 

Thus spoke three wizards to the young ones that day 

"There's sadness in the kingdom, make it go far away" 

If you follow the sunbeams through the valley of flowers 

To the palace of the white queen with its white jade towers 

The youngest, she sighed then the clouds drew away 

And a hundred small fingers scratched their heads in dismay 

From out of the sun a giant gull came flying 

And the children got ready to sit on its wings 

They waved to the raindrops as they soared over the trees 

The wind tossed their hair high, flashing gold on the sea 

They came to the castle and there they did fall 

And they saw all the sadness, through the crystal wall 

A princess lay a-sleeping so gentle and kind 

Whilst her prince took to battle with his confused mind 

The clash of bright metal brought the children fear 

But their cloaks of blue satin dried up all of these tears 

Thus children held hands and they spelled out their name 

All the golden children became a golden chain 

It lies on a white throne in a magic place 

With a tunic of velvet and a gown of white lace 

My sword, it lies broken and cast in a lake 

In a dream, I was told that my princess would wake