Donovan - Legend Of A Girl Child Linda

Wonderful song by Donovan from his stunning "Sunshine Superman" album.

Lyrics:
I will bring you gold apples and grapes made of rubies
That have shone in the eyes of a prince of the breeze.

Bright cascading crystals, they danced in the sand dunes
On the beach of no footprints to harpsichord tunes.

A throne of white ivory, a gown of white lace
Lies still in the magic of a timeless place.
One hundred small children, they laugh at the white doves
That rest on their hands with the touch of love.

On a hillside of velvet the children they lay down
And make fun of the grown-ups with their silly frown.
And the sound of their laughter is the sound of the green sea
As it washed around the foot of the seashell tree.

The doves circle over and land in the trees
Where parrots are talking their words with such ease.
Thus spoke three wizards to the young ones that day:
"There's sadness in the kingdom, make it go far away."

If you follow the sunbeams through the valley of flowers
To the palace of the White Queen with its white jade towers.
The youngest, she sighed then the clouds drew away
And a hundred small fingers scratched their heads in dismay.
From out of the sun a giant gull came flying
And the children got ready to sit on its wings.

They waved to the raindrops as they soared over the trees
The wind tossed their hair high, flashing gold on the sea.
They came to the castle and there they did fall,
And they saw all the sadness, through the crystal wall.

A princess lay a-sleeping so gentle and kind
Whilst her prince took to battle with his confused mind.
The clash of bright metal brought the children fear,
But their cloaks of blue satin dried up all of these tears.

Thus children held hands and they spelled out their name
All the golden children became a golden chain.
It lies on a white throne in a magic place
With a tunic of velvet and a gown of white lace.

My sword, it lies broken and cast in a lake
In a dream I was told that my princess would wake.

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Music

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• Donovan
• Legend
• Girl
• Child
• Linda
• Sunshine
• Superman
• folk
• psychedelic
• fairy
• tale
• tales
• fairies
• magic

[wildmanbigfoot]

I first heard this song on the beach at West End II on Long Island in the summer of `67 as I was reading "The Hobbit". From that day forward I always associate the song with "The Trilogy". There is something so Tolkenesque about the melody and of course the lyrics. The whole package is both haunting and serene.

[mzapa]

Yes, I agree.

And I always thought there's some similarities with the subsequent novel "The Never Ending Story" by Michael Ende. The princess, the kids, a magic place, giant gulls, "There's sadness in the kingdom, make it go far away"..

[heehawluck1]

Completely enchanting.....it's like walking through a fabulous dream. I am at peace.

[Taggerung12]

@kozas0 NO. don't mess with perfection. That's why people don't cover Led Zeppelin or Eric Clapton or Donovan or The Beatles or The Rolling Stones... you just don't mess with perfection.

[whittingham4665]

thats right just replays

[whittingham4665]

where is she ,a very underated and not played enough song

[whittingham4665]

you think too much!

[whittingham4665]

if your hearts there your'e hard core

[whittingham4665]

had ...get it again man

[whittingham4665]

when i listen to this I feel like I am astral planing! over the kingdom where dons talking about

[yahudiprince]

its magic - try it with mescaline, i did!

in 1968

[LeeEisenstein]

Had the LP.  Wonderful.

[verbaud]

At 15, I heard this album being played in a 'headshop' in Baltimore in 1966. It's still a stunning collection of songs.