LUCY
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Lucy was a reindeer,
Lapland was her home;
went to school in Budapest,
Switzerland and Rome.
At a smart academy
in the South of France,
a vintner's daughter taught her
the finer points of dance.
"Not for me" said Lucy,
"a life of pulling sleighs;
I was born to titlilate,
startle and amaze.
I'm not a beast of burden,
it's the dancer's life I choose;
I'm going to be a household name,
have ribbons on my shoes!"
She proved to be a natural,
soon was all the rage;
people threw rose petals
as she sprang onto the stage.
She filled the Colosseum,
brought down the Albert Hall,
the toast of Munich bierfests,
she wowed in them in Nepal.
She loved the adulation,
the money and the fame,
but suddenly it finished
as quickly as it came.
An Arabian promoter
introduced her in Algiers
as "Lucy the Lapp Dancer"
and she left the stage in tears.
