Weeping Chandelier

One morning in the attic Theodora’s mother told her to play

She saw their furniture being taken away

She presently found she had been locked in

Some bats woke up and heard her sobbing

The house empty they helped her escape

By a window which with their wings they did break

By the edge of a dump they found a new place to live

Then a music hall turn they worked up and did

In the provinces the act they first broke

Theodora played castanets, the bats walked the tightrope

Theodora danced, the bats played guitars

And as a finale then they somersaulted up into the stars

The weeping chandelier

Between performances Theodora knitted sweaters for the bats

Soon all over Europe large crowds they did attract

Then one afternoon at a charity tango tea

Theodora met the Duque de Sangree

The Duke showed Theodora his magic chandelier

That wept when dancers they appeared

Every time a waltz or a tango was played

Several weeks later their betrothal was made

The weeping chandelier

Theodora's mother saw her wedding photo

She found the daughter she had lost so long ago

But sadly the end is not happy to tell

Theodora's mother from a balcony fell

Theodora's father while grieving fell off a cliff

The bats all drowned on board a ship

The Duke was eaten by a shark

Theodora died of a broken heart

The weeping chandelier