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===''Tansy and Thyme''===

My mother died just yesterday 
And the deacon read her will, 
And an empty place was revealed in my heart 
That no shoveled earth could fill. 

I had always worked to my strength's true best 
And I sang, and she smiled to hear, 
But they read her words for her spirit's rest 
And I learned I was out on my ear. 

All I have is tansy, tansy, 
All I have is thyme, 
All I have is a fool's love 
And I wish that it weren't mine! 

All I have are my elven ears 
And my freckled human skin, 
And the soothing warmth that a fool's love brings 
And the sadness clutched within. 

To my half-sister go farm and mill 
And the breadth of our mother's land, 
And a dozen shoving suitors come 
Competing for her hand. 

The deacon read, "Now, to my second 
Daughter, I bequeath 
My blessing for the travelers' road 
And a mother's love beneath." 

All I have is tansy, tansy, 
All I have is thyme, 
All I have is a fool's love 
And I wish that it weren't mine! 

All I have are my elven ears 
And my freckled human skin, 
And the soothing warmth that a fool's love brings 
And the sadness clutched within. 

My sweetheart sighed as the words were done 
And he kissed my forehead too, 
Such a human kiss, so fleeting fast, 
Short-lived, and ripe with rue. 

And everyone saw the half-elf turn 
And the tears that I denied 
And the angry way that I waved away 
The sweetheart at my side. 

My sister was happy to see me go, 
I could tell as I shouldered my pack, 
But my sweetheart followed me down the road 
Like the shadow against my back. 

I bade him turn, but he shook his head, 
Stubborn man with a stubborn jaw. 
"If you're outcast, then I'm outcast too," 
He insisted, and they all saw. 

All I have is tansy, tansy, 
All I have is thyme, 
All I have is a fool's love 
And I wish that it weren't mine! 

All I have are my elven ears 
And my freckled human skin, 
And the soothing warmth that a fool's love brings 
And the sadness clutched within. 

A half-elf's arms are a tainted gift 
For a debt that is truly owed, 
But he holds me and comforts if I weep 
On the endless travellers' road. 

Decades hence, when he falls, I'll fill his grave 
If his loyalty's still wrought true. 
He's a human fool, but I love him so, 
And without him, what will I do? 

All I have is tansy, tansy, 
All I have is thyme, 
All I have is a fool's love 
And I'm so glad that it's mine! 

All I have are my elven ears 
And my freckled human skin, 
And the soothing warmth that a fool's love brings 
And the sadness clutched within.

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And the deacon read her will,
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