Brian Dewan - Rumpelstiltskin lyrics

Once a miller boasted to a king That he'd increase his wealth ten-thousandfold "I have my darling daughter here, you see Who knows just how to spin straw into gold" The king said, "Though you be a peasant girl I surely could not have a richer wife Spin this straw heap into golden bales And I will take you for my wedded wife Fill this room with gold ere morn is nigh Fill it, or tomorrow you must die" She cried until a little man appeared And said, "It may be none of my concern But I can spin your straw to gold for you Though you must give me something in return A living thing is dearer to my heart Than all the treasure in this wide world o'er You must give to me your firstborn child That he might live to fill my joyless days Unless in three days' time you guess my name Keep your child if you can guess my name" "Is it Thomas?" "No" "Is it Richard" "No" "Is it Harold?" "No, that is not my name" And when the peasant girl became the queen She said, "I'll let no stone be left unturned" And sent her courtiers out to roam the earth To search for all the names that ever were And all the while the little man's refrain Went on reverberating through her brain "The child is mine unless you guess my name Keep your child if you can guess my name I'll grant you this if you can guess my name If and only if you guess my name" "Is it Shortribs?" "No" "Is it Sheepshanks?" "No" "Is it Laceleg?" "No, that is not my name" And when at last the dreaded day arrived The courtiers saw their queen was full of woe One said, "Though we've exhausted every name There's one more thing Her Majesty should know We saw a little man deep in the woods Who danced around a fire as he sang 'Today's the day that I will jump for joy I've made the queen to play my little game How fortunate that not a living soul Knows that Rumpelstiltskin is my name'" "Is it Caspar?" "No" "Is it Melchior?" "No" "Is it Balthazar?" "No" "Is it Rumpelstiltskin?" "The Devil has told you that," he cried aloud And he stamped so hard his foot went through the ground He seized the other leg with both his hands And pulled it swiftly upward to the sky So angry that he pulled with all his might That in his rage, he pulled himself in half