The Boy and The Harp

Tickling harp strings, portrays the tale of a poor Mother and little boy, her son, shivering and cold during the winter month. They have no proper needle nor thread to stitch clothes so the boy would not freeze, nor enough coin to afford anything useful. Soon many days pass, while the Mother can not find work to support themselves, and the Father of the boy had died, laying in the ground from some unknown sickness. During this, the Mother and the Son can only find solace and joy from little things, such as games and naps and fairytales. At some point the cold gets so terrible and no flint they can acquire to light a fire for warmth, the two are forced to break and burn the chairs from their dinner table. This song is riling and slow, depicting the extreme lengths a Mother will go to protect and ensure a good life for her own child. It is not confirmed where she gets the golden harp, but it assumed she inquired it from a tinker or Fae through trade. Though the young boy does not understand their situation is troubling, the Mother unable to pawn the instrument for money, sits in their single chair left, and begins to play and sing a song. As this is a magical harp, the medley travels around the room and the boy, and with this magic, she weaves her son multiple pairs of winter clothes, rich of velvet as fine as a King’s son would wear. But due to the strain on her heart, that once the song was done, the harp claims his Mothers life, sacrificing herself so he can live a good long life. 

From Album: Tales of a Time Before Volume II

Type: Single Song

Instrument: Harp

Length: 10 min

Genre: Magical\Sad\Fantasy

File Type: MP4 

Composer and Lyricist: Jack Buie