Terry Sweet

                                                                                     Songcutter Music BMI

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Taliesin

(The Ballad of Frank and Mamah) 

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There’s a house on a hill
They call it Taliesin
Where Frank and Mamah shared a romance 

A spiritual Hegira 

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People came from afar
To study with the Master 

But some folks shamed it 

Called it a Love Bungalow 

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The man and the woman 

The husband and the wife 

A sordid, salacious affair! 

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The press and the neighbors
Did not approve
But Frank and Mamah
Just didn’t care 

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‘Cause their love was in bloom 

And everyone could see it
As they strolled through
Her pretty flower garden 

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Down at Taliesin ooh-ooh 

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Then one hot August day 

When Frank was in Chicago 

The chef became the butcher 

Decided to burn it all down 

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He locked all the doors
And waited with his hatchet 

That’s when he started the fire 

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When Mamah, kids and workers 

Tried to escape
He came down with his hatchet 

Seven people expired 

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In that house 

On that hill 

Known as Taliesin
Where Frank and Mamah Shared a romance