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Hobgoblin's Hat

from Hobgoblin's Hat by Allysen Callery

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Extra special loving thanks to Tove Jansson, my inspiration for this song, from her book Finn Family Moomintroll.

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3.Hobgoblin’s Hat

You came into our valley

One Midsummer’s Day
or was it night

the children found your Hobgoblin’s Hat
floating in the water

The children found your Hobgoblin’s Hat
& they took it home

of course there were some
magical changes
mostly we enjoyed them

the drawing room became a jungle
where
I was a tiger there

We denied our own best friend
the King of California
& we made him cry

but then his mother knew him by his eyes
they were small
& kind

Up there on the moon,
what did it look like to you?

Riding on the back of a panther
with ruby red eyes
It was the most beautiful sight

If I could give you anything
I’d give
a queen for your king

If I could wish for anything
I’d wish
a king for your queen

Up there on the moon
what did it look like to you

we thought you thought
because it was so much
that it was just because
but it was just

the most beautiful sight

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from Hobgoblin's Hat, released February 14, 2010

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Allysen Callery Rhode Island

" Her lilting voice and heartfelt lyrics are eerily close to the work of the late British songstress Sandy Denny, the highest compliment I could hand down to this brilliant artist."- Paste Magazine

Allysen Callery is a self-taught folk artist from Bristol, Rhode Island. Growing up she was heavily influenced by her parent's British Isles Folk Revival records of the late 60′s early 70′s .
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