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Oh Hansel

from Lane's Recycled Fairy Tales by ,

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What does Hansel have to say about watching his sister become a hero?

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OH, HANSEL

My mon and dad were talkin;
Just the other night
Sayin’, “We ain’t got no food to eat,
Things are very tight.

We’ll take the kids tomorrow
And leave them in the woods.
They’ll find their way through valleys
And they’ll learn to live alone.”
“Oh, Hansel.”
My sister said to me.
“Oh, Hansel!
We’re children.
Can’t they see?”

I went out in the moonlight,
And I gathered up some rocks.
Put them in my pockets.
I put them in my socks.

When we went out the next day,
I dropped them on the way.
“Hi, Mom and Dad,
We’re back home.
You see we are OK!”

“Oh Hansel,”
My sister said to me.
“Oh, Hansel,
I’m shaking,
Can’t you see?”

They took us out the next day,
And they left us there again.
We found a house of gingerbread,
Low down in a fen.

An old lady she come out
And asked us to come in.
She locked me in a prison cage
And grabbed my sister’s hand.

“Oh, Hansel,”
My sister cried and moaned.
“Oh, Hansel,
We’ll never get back home.”

The next day the woman,
She gave me food to eat.
Gretal did the dishes.
Gretal cooked the meat.

The woman poked a fork at me
And said she’d do no harm.
Gretal gave a bone to me –
“Pretend this is your arm.”

“Oh, Hansel,”
My sister said to me.
“Oh, Hansel,
I’m stronger,
Wait and see.”

Late the next morning,
The woman lit the stove.
Asked Gretal to climb in
And check those fires and coals.
Gretal said “I can’t see,
You better check yourself.”
Gretal slammed the oven door.
The witch she screamed and yelled.

“Oh, Hansel,”
My sister said to me.
“Oh, Hansel,
I’ve done it!
Now we’re free.”

The house is full of food to eat,
The house is full of jewels.
The house is full of money,
The house is full of tools.
We brought it back to mom and dad
And said, “Look what we’ve got.”
They smiled and hugged and kissed us –
“We missed you both a lot.”

“Oh, Hansel,”
My sister said that night.
“Oh, Hansel,
You know I’m different,
But I’m all right.”

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from Lane's Recycled Fairy Tales, released April 28, 2013

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Barry Lane Vermont

I write songs about kindness for children and songs about hope and justice for adults.

I love Pete Seeger, and believe, as he did, that a single song can help change the world by uniting hearts and minds.


We are the mixed fruit of one tree,

Live in peace and unity.

Forget the old
embrace the new,

Less me, me, me,
more

You, you, you.

For now is the New Day.
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