A song originally penned in light of the National Carousel Association campaigning to save the fairground attraction

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The Merry-Go-Round

Copyright 2008 by Richard Roman


As a child she would take me on walks through the town
To the park high on the hill with a merry-go-round
I was just a little girl and the horses were too tall
She would help me ride them so I wouldn’t fall

Round and round the carved horses spin
While she stands by me
Round and round would my grey horse win
She said that it did

I grew up but my horse that I rode never did
It would still run on the hill winning smiles from the kids
Our lives go in circles like a merry-go-round
Where you start is where you'll end as the music winds down

Round and round the carved horses spin
While she stands by me
Round and round would my grey horse win
She said that it did

Instrumental

Round and round the carved horses spin
While she stands by me
Round and round would my grey horse win
She said that it did

On Sundays I will take her on walks through the town
To the park high on the hill with that merry-go-round
I am still her little girl but the horses are too small
We sit and ride a swan remembering it all

Round and round the carved horses spin
While I hold her hand
Round and round would her white swan win
I said that it did