The ant and the grasshopper

Everyone knows how the story goes

How the ant was diligent never spent

Anything lightly laboured wisely

And gathered his store for tomorrow

As for the grasshopper

Clad in the summer sunshine

Light as the wind on the broken water

His song he gave to the summer days

Singing where the dance leads I'll follow

Then came a hard winter nothing grew

And the cold wind blew

But the ant was safe and sound underground

Carefully counting his pile around him

Dividing his time until tomorrow

Now see the grasshopper

Blown by the north wind's fury

Hungering for the easy summer

Comes to the ant and says

My brother give me bread

Now's the dance that I must follow

Why did you waste the summer

Summers don't last forever

You're just an idle beggar

You must pay the price sacrifice

You wouldn't heed me you took life easy

Take the punishment that follows

Now see the grasshopper reel like a dry leaf falling

Weaving a dance that will last forever

Back goes the ant to his nest

To work to feed to rest

For him there will always be tomorrow

The ant and the grasshopper

Everyone knows how the story goes

How the ant was diligent never spent

Anything lightly laboured wisely

And gathered his store for tomorrow

As for the grasshopper

Clad in the summer sunshine

Light as the wind on the broken water

His song he gave to the summer days

Singing where the dance leads I'll follow