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Here's the tale my father told	A
Walking in the park one night	B
When the stars shone big and bright	B
And the autumn wind blew cold	A
Once a giant lived of old	A
In a far off country far	C
As the moon is where one star	C
Golden bright and fair of ray	D
Lit the people on their way	D
In the darkness gone astray	D
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And this star was beautiful	E
As a baby's eyes of blue	F
And as bright as they are too	F
Brighter father said And who'll	G
Ever guess what happened You'll	G
Wonder when I tell you that	H
This great ugly giant sat	H
In his den among the bones	I
Of dead pilgrims luckless ones	J
Throwing at this star big stones	I
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By his side a lion crouched	K
A great cub who helped him catch	L
Men and women keeping watch	M
Night and day the giant slouched	K
In or out the cave and pouched	K
Travelers His club a tree	N
Knotted flung across his knee	N
So he lounged or sat his eyes	O
Red as flames fixed on the skies	O
Watching for that star to rise	O
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For you see he'd had no meat	K
For a week or two the light	K
Of the star led people right	K
He just gnashed his teeth and eat	K
Herbs the lion at his feet	K
Huddled mad with hunger too	K
Glaring as all lions do	K
Gaunt it crouched and whined and howled	K
While the giant prowled and prowled	K
Or sat sullen and just growled	K
	-
How he hated all mankind	K
So he growled there all day long	P
And his big voice like a gong	P
Made the mountain ring And blind	K
Like a bat without a mind	K
He could see no sense or use	Q
In that star so would abuse	Q
Curse it all because its light	K
Like a lamp led pilgrims right	K
And they were n't lost in night	K
	-
For you see the only food	K
Of this awful ogre was	R
Men and women and because	S
They escaped him in the wood	K
And it happened that he could	K
Never get enough to eat	K
Waiting there for human meat	K
Thus he thought 'If it were out	K
Then they'd come my way no doubt	K
Having night here all about	K
	-
'I'll just blow it out ' he said	K
And heaved up his bulky bones	I
And went grumbling up the stones	I
To the very mountain's head	K
Shaking with his mighty tread	K
All the crags and pines around	K
Then he sat there on the ground	K
And began to blow and blow	T
Till at last oh slow so slow	T
Duller grew that star's bright glow	T
	-
Then the giant stopped a bit	K
And drew in another breath	U
Saying 'This will be its death '	-
Bulged his cheeks and blew at it	K
Blew and blew and never quit	K
Till the star was blown quite out	K
Then he rose and with a shout	K
Back into his den again	V
He went lumbering the plain	W
Groaned the mountain felt the strain	W
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In his cave he squatted grim	X
Humped and ugly with his club	Y
Flung across his knees his cub	Y
Mountain lion close to him	X
Glaring both its eyes a rim	X
Of green smoulder And that night	K
Sure enough the giant was right	K
Since the star no longer shone	Z
People lost their way alone	Z
And he captured many a one	A2
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And they squatted in their den	V
He and his big lion cub	Y
By his side his bloody club	Y
Squatted snarling crunching men	V
That night must have brought them ten	V
And when all were eaten he	N
The old giant groaningly	T
Raised himself and went I think	B2
To a stream to get a drink	B2
Foaming at the mountain's brink	B2
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He had clean forgotten now	C2
All about that star you know	T
That had lit the world below	T
Now it was so dark I vow	C2
He got lost too don't know how	C2
Cursed himself and said 'Odsblood	K
I've got lost in this curst wood	K
Wish I had a torch No doubt	K
That old star threw light about	K
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Sorry now I blew it out '	-
Hardly had he spoken when	V
Crash he went huge club and all	T
Headlong o'er the mountain wall	T
Where he'd thrown the bones of men	V
Often he had eaten Then	V
How he bellowed and the rocks	D2
Echoed with loud breakbone knocks	D2
As adown the mountain side	K
Sheer he plunged limbs sprawling wide	K
Fell and broke his neck and died	K
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And the next day father said	K
Came a hunter with a bow	C2
Found that lion cub you know	T
Crouching near that giant's head	K
With his bow he shot it dead	K
And that night as broad as day	K
Pilgrims journeying their way	K
Saw a light grow bar on bar	C
Lighting them the road afar	C
God had lit another star	C

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