笨小笨Mary Barber - The Oak and Its Branches歌词由Ghizela Rowe演唱，出自专辑《The Female Poet - Volume 1》，下面是《Mary Barber - The Oak and Its Branches》完整版歌词！
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Mary Barber - The Oak and Its Branches - Ghizela Rowe
The oak and it's branches by Mary Barber
An oak with spreading branches crown'd
Beheld an ivy on the ground
Expos'd to ev'ry trampling beast
That roam'd around the dreary waste
The tree of jove in all his state
With pity view'd the ivy's fate
And kindly told her she should find
Security around his rind
Nor was that only his intent
But to bestow some nourishment
The branches saw and griev'd to see
Some juices taken from the tree
Parent say they in angry tone
Your sap should nourish us alone
Why should you nurse this stranger plant
With what your sons in time may want
May want to raise us high in air
And make us more distinguish'd there
'Tis well the parent tree reply'd
Must I to gratify your pride
Act only with a narrow view
Of doing good to none but you
Know sons tho' jove hath made me great
I am not safe from storms of fate
Is it not prudent then I pray
To guard against another day
Whilst I'm alive you crown my head
This graces me alive and dead
