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[00:09.910]who will love a little sparrow
[00:17.690]who's traveled far and cries for rest?
[00:26.340]"not i," said the oak tree
[00:30.720]"i won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest
[00:35.980]and my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast"
[00:44.860]who will love a little sparrow
[00:52.830]and who will speak a kindly word?
[01:01.540]"not i," said the swan
[01:06.040]"the entire idea is utterly absurd
[01:11.150]i'd be laughed at and scorned if the other swans heard."
[01:25.290]And who will take pity in his heart
[01:33.170]and who will feed a starving sparrow?
[01:41.780]"not i," said the golden wheat
[01:46.140]"i would if i could but i cannot i know
[01:51.520]i need all my grain to prosper and grow"
[02:00.010]who will love a little sparrow?
[02:08.790]will no one write her eulogy?
[02:17.040]"i will," said the earth
[02:21.190]"for all i've created returns unto me
[02:26.710]from dust were ye made and dust ye shall be"
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