What do the simple folk do
To help them escape when they're blue?
The shepherd who is ailing
The milkmaid who is glum
The cobbler who is wailing
From nailing his thumb
When they're beset and besieged
The folk not noblessly obliged
However, do they manage
To shed their weary lot?
Oh, what do simple folk do
We do not?
I have been informed
By those who know them well
They find relief in quite a clever way
When they're sorely pressed
They whistle for a spell
And whistling seems to brighten up their day
So, that's what simple folk do
So they say
So they say
Stop!
You are terrible at whistling
I'm a beginner
I just need practice and encouragement
The very last thing you should have is encouragement
What else do the simple folk do?
To perk up the heart and get through
The wee folk and the grown folk
Who wander to and fro
Have ways known to their own folk
We throne folk don't know
When all the doldrums begin
What keeps each of them in his skin?
What ancient native custom
Provides the needed glow?
Oh, what do simple folk do?
Do you know?
Once along the road
I came upon a lad
Singing in a voice three times his size
When I asked him why
He told me he was sad
And singing always made his spirit rise
And that's what simple folk do
I surmise
I surmise
Arise, my love
Arise, my love
Apollo's lighting the skies, my love
The meadows shine with columbine
And daffodils blossom away
You have a very pretty singing voice
Thank you
My father used to say I sang like an angel
Who'd been blessed with a particularly pretty singing voice
I meant relative to your whistling, but sure
What else do the simple folk do?
They must have a system or two
They obviously outshine us
At turning tears to mirth
Have tricks a royal highness
Is minus from birth
What then, I wonder, do they
To chase all the goblins away
They have some tribal sorcery
You haven't mentioned yet
Oh, what do simple folk do
To forget?
Often, I am told they dance a fiery dance
And whirl 'til they're completely uncontrolled
Soon the mind is blank
And all are in a trance
A violent trance astounding to behold
So, that's what simple folk do
So, I'm told
What else do the simple folk-? (Genny)
Your Majesty
They sit around and wonder
What royal folk would do
And that's what simple folk do
Yes, I suppose so
Yes, that's what simple folk do
