Eleven

Music: Betty MacNeill
By Turlough O'Carolan.  Sequenced at the Ancient Music of Ireland.

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Eleven is a lovely, slender tree, Leaves fluttering like bright green butterflies. Each root is tuned to murmurs in the skies, Veering deep dark down deliciously. Even as the root winds towards its lair, New winds caress the sapling's long green hair.