The Little Hunchback
(lyrics based on the French
song:
Le Petit Bosco)
The little
hunchback walks the street
Dressed in
suit and tie so neat,
Clutching
flowers in his hand,
When he
comes across a band
Of
restless youngsters who begin
Following
and jeering him,
"Little
hunchback has a girl!
Ugliest
one in the world!
Has one
glass eye and rotten teeth
And walks
on paddles 'stead of feet!"
Then they
grab, hold him down,
And cast
his flowers on the ground.
And then
retreat, drunk on the wine
And
bittersweetness of their crime.
They watch
the hunchback bending down
to pick
the petals of the ground,
And see
him go with what he saved
To place
the petals on a grave.
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