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Pears and Pomegranates (Nausicaa)

from All the Other Girls by Marissa Henry

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This song is based on books 6-8 of the Odyssey, in which Nausicaa, the princess of the Phaeacians, helps Odysseus secure assistance from her parents, but does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.

lyrics

You came naked from the sea
Like a mountain lion, frightening my maids and me
You fell down and clasped my knees
I told them I'd like to find a man like you to marry

Chorus:
Come live with me and be my love
Where figs and pears and pomegranates grow
Where men build ships and take hot baths
And sing and dance and never think of war
I could be your bride
You could be my king
We could live in peace and never
Dream of rocky Ithaca again

You asked me to show the way
In an unfamiliar land where you had gone astray
I told you to stay behind;
If they thought you were my husband, what would people say?

Chorus

When I saw you at the feast
I told you not to forget you owed your life to me
You said you would honor me
Like a goddess if you got back to your family safely

Chorus

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from All the Other Girls, released November 2, 2017

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Marissa Henry Berkeley, California

Marissa is a Classics Ph.D. student and singer-songwriter specializing in folk-pop adaptations of ancient Greek poetry played on toy instruments.

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