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Piper in the Wood -- Song
by Christopher Wilkinson
2008-07-22 09:23:56 |
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The day has come to honor the Piper of Hamelin -- Rat Day. Who was this character? Well, long years ago in Hamelin Town, a pretty little city, a terrible thing came to pass -- the town was over run by rats! So the people of Hamelin hired a piper to lure the rats away. They promised him a fair wage for his services. All were in agreement, and the Piper did indeed lure the rats out of Hamelin with his playing, and got them all to jump into the river. After the rats were all gone, the people decided that they didn't really need to pay off the Piper.
Hypocrisy and deceit, as well as bad business -- so the Piper warned them that if they did not keep their promise of payment he would make them very sorry. The people of Hamelin could not see how a Piper could make them pay, and laughed at him. The next morning the pipes were playing just outside the village, and all the children of the village woke up from their beds and followed the Piper out of Hamelin. The parents could not stop them -- all the children disappeared. This was the price the Piper exacted for their deceit.
Even now, when Pipers play it is sometimes remembered to give them a little money, in remembrance of the deceit that was done on Hamelin's Piper -- this money is known as "Pence for the Piper," and has become part of the common slang.
In the song I offer here I consider all the double-talk, hypocrisy, and so on that we hear every day. I thought about the way we were discouraged from listening to certain music as kids, and of how the musicians that were once forbidden are now the icons and idols of our time (have stolen the harts of we who once were children).
I thought of the urges for creativity pivoted against needs to conform. From out of these thoughts the story of the Piper of Hamelin filled my memory. Then I wrote Piper in the Wood. I hope some of the Ovi People will like it.
I would like to offer it as a free download, with Common Commons rights privileges (which basically means that nobody tries to make any money or otherwise copywrite my song). Enjoy it, and pass along the link to OVI if you have any friends who might like it.
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