## Monday, July 16, 2012

### Come little Children, the song

Hello everypony!
Today's post is all about the song.
THe song that we are using in this animation is sung by Kate Covington. Who granted us permission to use her work in our video.
It comes originally from the movie Hocus Pocus, and the melody was composed by the incredible James Horner (Spirit's favorite composer, since he did the OST of Casper).
There is a debate about the song's lyrics. Some say that they come from Mr. Edgar Alan Poe and others than they were written by John Debney for the movie Hocus Pocus.
Kate did the arrangements for this song and recreated the soundscore in her home studio, you can download the MP3 here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5i46nv6sx4tvnw5
and see the original version by Kate here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKlsUrfbiE0
COME LITTLE CHILDREN
By Edgar Alan Poe
Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land
Of Enchantment
Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here In My Garden
Of Magic
Follow Sweet Children
I'll Show Thee The Way
Through All The Pain And
The Sorrows
Weep Not Poor Children
For Life Is This Way
Murdering Beauty And
Passions
Hush Now Dear Children
It Must Be This Way
To Weary Of Life And
Deceptions
Rest Now My Children
For Soon We'll Away
into The Calm And
The Quiet
Come Little Children
I'll Take Thee Away, Into A Land
Of Enchantment
Come Little Children
The Time's Come To Play
Here In My Garden
Of Shadows

#### 26 comments:

1. Anton Kovalenko July 16, 2012 at 10:14 PM

   Ooooh, Thank you kindly!
   I was listening for one downloaded from youtube for quite a while now.
   Learned some lyrics whole listening already xD
   Hocus Pocus movie is creepy I should say.
   p.s. I'm even listening it right now ;)

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   1. JuicyFruitQueen January 13, 2016 at 10:10 PM

      i dont think hocus pocus is creepy

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2. Olivier 'LuaPineapple' Hamel July 17, 2012 at 1:57 AM

   Do the lyrics really come from Mr. Poe? If so, it goes a long way to explain why they're so unnerving whenever I actually think of them. They contrast both subtly and harshly against the melody... (Lullaby tune with depressive/fatalist lyrics.)

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   1. AidenDark July 18, 2012 at 5:26 PM

      Think back on those nursery rhymes you might have sang as a kid. A lot of them are a lot darker then you picked up on when you were younger.

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   2. billy touch November 11, 2013 at 7:46 PM

      Yup it us darker like ring around a rosie its about ppl dying of a disease and the burn them ._. Scary

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   3. Unknown November 2, 2016 at 7:10 PM

      Yeah, and how with a song, called 'Somewhere over the Rainbow'. It's about the holocaust. Basically it's about how the Jews being killed by gas, and how life will get better, and how there is a world that he heard once in a lullaby, which is Heaven, so he is technically
      asking to die. The person who wrote this song did.

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3. Crimson Phoenix July 17, 2012 at 2:59 AM

   There's actually quite a debate about if it came from Poe or not. Some big fans of Poe say that it's not Poe due to the whole style isn't exactly Poe.

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4. Equity July 17, 2012 at 12:17 PM

   Very interesting. Now that I think about it, it sounds like children being drawn to the afterlife at the time of death. Very haunting. Well, whether it came from Mr. Poe or not, it's still brilliant!

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5. macrosssevenup July 18, 2012 at 7:00 PM

   i love this song don't get me wrong, but i have an omnibus of his works and it is not in here... i looked rigorously. the book i have is written chronologically, does anyone know WHEN he wrote it?

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6. FoxGloves July 19, 2012 at 4:53 AM

   Actually, this is written by a man named Brock Walsh, who wrote most of the incantations in "Hocus Pocus" and was also credited with "Sarah's Song" in the end credits and in the 'The Disney Song Encylcopedia'
   http://books.google.com/books?id=3mxHH9bKbPEC&lpg=PR1&pg=PA170#v=onepage&q&f=false

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7. Jordan September 27, 2012 at 5:24 AM

   Which? Don't you mean Who? Kate Covington isn't a thing.

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   1. Spiritto September 27, 2012 at 10:36 AM

      My excuses. English is not our mother language and although we try to avoid grammatical errors,we make this kind of mistakes from time to time.

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   2. Jordan September 27, 2012 at 2:09 PM

      I'm sorry if I came off as sounding too mean, that wasn't my intention. I was using the snarkiness I usually use when playfully pointing out other people's spelling or grammar mistakes, and I wasn't aware that English isn't your first language.
      I eagerly await the completion of this short film! /)

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8. Rarity August 26, 2013 at 9:22 PM

   I love this long so much. It wasnt written by Poe though, it was written for Hocus Pocus. Its just not Poe's flow or form, though it sounds like something he would come up with :)

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9. Oni Iniuqrat August 31, 2013 at 1:59 AM

   Thanks for the song =D

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10. Ronnie Donnie September 6, 2013 at 3:16 PM

    Here's the most recent article about the original author. Interesting, but still inconclusive...
    http://www.dmelhoff.com/who-wrote-come-little-children

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11. Nita Broadwell March 6, 2014 at 3:19 PM

    I am looking for piano sheet music, simplified version if possible

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12. Priscilla Hernandez (yidneth)March 31, 2014 at 6:33 AM

    I made my own version, but I didn't know the lyrics came from Edgard Allan Poe and I've still haven't found that extended poem, I told the composer of the OST about my little tribute, but I'm glad to see other covers around too. Here's a link to my version (I played dulcimer and sung) and my band played cello and violin http://priscillahernandez.com/forums/english/covers/come-little-children-hocus-pocus-ost-orig-john-debney-cover-hammered-dulcimer-

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13. SeptemberRsin November 7, 2014 at 3:38 AM

    This is very interesting.
    Thank you

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14. The Dark Angel July 8, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    I myself have been obsessed with this song ever since i first saw the movie. I've spent several week nights on all the search engines to see if i could find a poem or unfinished poem by Poe for this song, Come little Children / Sarah's Theme track #21 from Intrada records
    an old interview with the composer Brock Walsh whom wrote the song lyrics for Come Little Children was misquoted. He had told an interviewer of his passion for the dark poetry of Poe's and of it's influence on him but his comments were taken out of context and tons of websites now post that Poe wrote the beginning of the poem of which, quite sadly there is no published nor printed evidence of. i searched all the online libraries, poes sites and litterary works for all poems and any UNfinished partial works he did and nothing is related, sadly. both Walsh and kate covington said they did NOT contribute the extended verses to the song all these years later that are now in many youtube tribute fan videos for other genres MLP, FNAF, SM, CP, COTN etc.
    kate the great, kate covington does sing the extra verses for Come Little Children on youtube and she is brilliant

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15. MLPRox 123456 August 3, 2015 at 9:44 PM

    this song makes me almost cry, but I always manage to hold back the tears....

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16. MLPRox 123456 August 3, 2015 at 9:45 PM

    so beautiful, so sad.

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17. Chyenne Lyons November 16, 2015 at 4:33 PM

    Lightning Chaser is in da house

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18. Unknown March 2, 2016 at 1:12 PM

    thee most fabtabulous song

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19. Unknown March 23, 2016 at 1:34 PM

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20. Nicole Liu November 7, 2016 at 8:12 PM

    Fairly good 🌙😄

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