Cyd Smith
SONG FOR CORDELIA AKA ANNE

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Could you call me Cordelia, Although my name is Anne

It’s so much more romantic, Please help me if you can

A rose by any other name, Might not smell so sweet

You might walk right by her, Or crush her with your feet

Oh but everywhere I look, I see Splendors and Glories

New friends with stories and a name

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Come with me to the Violet Vale, To the White Way of Delight

We’ll gaze upon the Snow Queen Glowing in the moonlit night

Lake of Shining Waters, Haunted Woods, Willowmere,

Each with a story, If you listen you can hear

For everywhere you look, You’ll see Splendors and Glories

New friends with stories and a name

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They wonder where I go

Gazing out my window

There’s a world that I know that beckons me so

Where sadness and loneliness can’t ever go

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Follow me to the Violet Vale, To the White Way of Delight

Then home to my Green Gables, Glowing in the moonlit night

I know the power of a name, It’s like a magic spell

A curse or a blessing, So choose the names that tell

Of a world all alight with Splendors and Glories

New friends with stories and a name.