Once On This Island - One Small Girl lyrics

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