Once on This Island movie - One Small Girl lyrics
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[STORYTELLERS]<br>
One small girl<br>
In a tree<br>
Torn from her mother<br>
Crying in fright<br>
One small girl<br>
Tossed by sea<br>
And left to face<br>
The stormy night<br>
Once small girl<br>
Holding tight<br>
<br>
[STORYTELLERS (Spoken in rhythm)]<br>
At last the storm subsided.<br>
And the morning sun glowed.<br>
And two old peasants<br>
came cautiously<br>
down the road.<br>
<br>
[TONTON JULIAN]<br>
Mama Euralie!<br>
<br>
[MAMA EURALIE]<br>
Tonton Julian!<br>
<br>
[MAMA (spoken)]<br>
Asaka is smiling again, Julian.<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
This morning she smiles. Last night she tried<br>
to blow our heads off.<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
Ah, Julian, just listen to those birds.<br>
<br>
[BIRDS]<br>
Coo coo coo coo coo<br>
Coo coo coo coo coo<br>
<br>
[LITTLE TI MOUNE]<br>
Aaaahh!<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
What kind of bird is that?<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
Look! There!<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
One small face<br>
Two small knees<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
Why are you up there?<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
What is your name?<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
The girl can't speak<br>
<br>
[TONTON (Gesturing up)]<br>
And they're to blame<br>
Agwe probably meant to kill her<br>
<br>
[MAMA (spoken in rhythm)]<br>
The she'd be dead<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
It's possible he forgot<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
The god's don't forget<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
Then they had some reason to spare<br>
Her life<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
It's best that we don't know what<br>
One small girl...<br>
Better not.<br>
<br>
[TONTON (spoken)]<br>
But we are too old for children<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
We have no room, and no food...<br>
<br>
[ERZULIE]<br>
And not knowing why, they followed<br>
their hearts back to the tree, gently lifted<br>
the terrified child down...<br>
<br>
[LITTLE TI MOUNE]<br>
Noo!!!<br>
<br>
[ERZULIE]<br>
And discovered that she could speak after all.<br>
<br>
[MEN]<br>
One small girl<br>
<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
In the way<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
Constantly hungry<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
Learning too quick<br>
<br>
[ALL (but little Ti Moune)]<br>
One small girl <br>
Hard at play<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
She makes me smile<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
She scares me sick!<br>
<br>
[ERZULIE]<br>
And they scolded and teased<br>
And held her<br>
And mended the clothes she tore<br>
<br>
[ALL (but Mama, Tonton and Little Ti Moune)]<br>
And the hut was crowded <br>
And food was scarce<br>
And somehow, their lives held more<br>
One small girl<br>
To live for.<br>
<br>
[A STORYTELLER]<br>
They named her Desiree Dieu-Donne or<br>
God-Given Desire. But in their affection, they<br>
simply called her Ti Moune.<br>
<br>
[LITTLE TI MOUNE]<br>
What does Ti Moune mean, Mama?<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
It means little orphan. Saved by the gods for <br>
something special!<br>
<br>
[LITTLE TI MOUNE]<br>
What is it?<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
Ti Moune, if we knew why the gods did the<br>
things they do, we would be gods ourselves!<br>
<br>
[LITTLE TI MOUNE]<br>
Someday I'm going to ask them, Mama!<br>
<br>
[ALL (but Mama, Tonton and Little Ti Moune)]<br>
Sweet as a eucalyptus<br>
And terrible as a tempest<br>
Banging a drun<br>
And humming a tune...<br>
Ti Moune<br>
Falling <br>
And running<br>
And calling<br>
And growing<br>
And growing<br>
And growing<br>
And growing...up too soon...<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
One small girl<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
Not so small<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
Lost in those daydreams<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
Day after day<br>
[STROYTELLERS]<br>
Ooh way ooh<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
Call her name<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
No, don't call<br>
[STROYTELLERS]<br>
Ooh way ooh<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
Her ears <br>
Don't hear<br>
She's far away<br>
<br>
[TONTON]<br>
And I know that <br>
She's getting older<br>
<br>
[MAMA]<br>
I know that it's <br>
Meant to be<br>
<br>
[BOTH]<br>
And my arms <br>
Can't hold her<br>
And keep her small<br>
But all that my <br>
Heart can see...<br>
Aaahhh<br>
<br>
[MAMA, TONTON]<br>
Is one small <br>
Girl<br>
[MEN]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
[MAMA, TONTON]<br>
One small <br>
Girl<br>
[MEN]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
[MAMA, TONTON]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
[MEN]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
One small<br>
Girl<br>
<br>
[MAMA, TONTON]<br>
In a tree<br>
<br>
[ALL]<br>
Ooh, ooh way ooh<br>
Ooh, ooh way ooh...<br>
<br>
