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Curiouser and Curiouser

from Like A Candle by Marilyn McNeal

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The lyrics are from chapter two (Pool of Tears) of Lewis Carroll's book Alice in Wonderland.

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'Curiouser and curiouser!' cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); 'now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!' (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off).

'Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can;—but I must be kind to them,' thought Alice, 'or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas.'

And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it. 'They must go by the carrier,' she thought; 'and how funny it'll seem, sending presents to one's own feet! And how odd the directions will look!

Oh dear, what nonsense I'm talking!'

Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door.

Poor Alice! It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.

'You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' said Alice, 'a great girl like you,' (she might well say this), 'to go on crying in this way!

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from Like A Candle, released November 14, 2022

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Marilyn McNeal writes and records alt indie folk music under the name Chantmagick. She began this project in March 2017 as a way to bring together walks in nature, love of American roots music and optimism about the power of human connection.

Marilyn's approach to music making is immediate, raw and simplistic. She uses what’s at hand and tries to record tracks in as few takes as possible. ... more

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