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Part I: Prelude [0:00]

(Instrumental)

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Part II: The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone) [3:05]



My true love went riding out in white and green and gray

Past the pale of Offa's wall where she was wont to stray

And there she came upon a white and wounded fawn

Singing, "Oh, the hazards of love"



She, being full of charity, a credit to her sex

Sought to right the fawn's hind legs when here her plans were vexed

The taiga shifted strange, the beast began to change

Singing, "Oh, the hazards of love"

Singing, "Oh, the hazards of love"

You'll learn soon enough the prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone, undone



Fifteen lithesome maidens lay alone in their bower

Fourteen occupations paid to pass the idle hour

But Margaret heaves a sigh, her hands clasped to her thigh

Singing, "Oh, the hazards of love"

Singing, "Oh, the hazards of love"

You'll learn soon enough the prettiest whistles won't wrestle the thistles undone, undone

Undone, undone, undone

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Part III: A Bower Scene [7:24]



Thou inconsolable daughter

Said the sister

When wilt thou trouble the water

In the cistern



And what irascible black Bart

Is the father



And when young Margarete's waistline

Grew wider

The fruit of her amorous centaur

Inside her



And so our heroine withdraws

To the taiga

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Part IV: Won't Want for Love (Margaret In the Taiga) [9:33]



Gentle leaves, gentle leaves

Please array a path for me

The woods are blowing thick and fast around



Columbine, Columbine

Please alert this love of mine

Let him know his Margaret comes along



And all this stirring inside my belly

Won't quell my want for love

And I may swoon from all this swelling

But I won't want for love



Mistlethrush, Mistlethrush

Lay me down in the underbrush

My naked feet grow weary with the dusk



Willow boughs, Willow boughs

Make a bed to lay me down

Let your branches bow to cradle us



And all this stirring inside my belly

Won't quell my want for love

And I may swoon from all this swelling

But I won't want for love



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Part V: The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All) [13:40]



And here I am softer than a shower

And here I am to garland you with flowers



To lay you down in clover bed

The stars, a roof above our heads



And all my life I never felt the tremor

And all my life that now disturbs my fingers



I'll lay you down in clover bed

The stars, a roof above our heads

And we'll lie 'til the corncrake crows

Bereft the weight of our summer clothes

And I'd wager all, the hazards of love, the hazards of love



And take my hand and cradle it in your hand

And take my hand to feel the pull, the quicksand



I'll lay you down in clover bed

The stars, a roof above our heads

And we'll lie till the corncrake crows

Bereft the weight of our summer clothes

And I'd wager all, the hazards of love, the hazards of love

The hazards of love, the hazards of love

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Part VI: The Queen's Approach [18:06]

(Instrumental)