Mother Earth & Father Time

Snuggling in to my mid-winter hibernation and tending to a bad cold, I was lucky enough to find on the television the original animated Charlotte's Web - the one with the magnificent Paul Lynde as Templeton the Rat, not that new one with Julia Roberts - and was transported back to being a kid again.

While I was enjoying the movie, this wonderful song is sung by Charlotte, called Mother Earth and Father Time - it's the best sort of lullabye, blending the changing of the seasons with the unwinding of Time.

It moved me so much that I dragged myself out from under the covers to find the lyrics and a link to it on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTuDSP2Nk5Q

Mother Earth and Father Time

How very special are we

For just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

To have on our family tree

Mother Earth and Father Time

He turns the seasons around

And so she changes her gown

But they always look in their prime

They go on dancing their dance

Of everlasting romance

Mother Earth and Father Time

The summer larks return to sing

Oh, what a gift they give

Then autumn days grow short and cold

Oh, what a joy to live

How very special are we

For just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

To have on our family tree

Mother Earth and Father Time

This is one I want to share with youngsters as they cuddle snug in their beds tonight, waiting on Father Yule to arrive.