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The Crawlabout

DragonHug
Warm kinetic orchestral metal opera fantasy with youth orchestra, lively 6/8 motion and constant movement, E major key with Mixolydian and Dorian color, playful but controlled, Animated storybook energy with fast-changing textures, short phrases, layered voices, and responsive instrumentation, Use pizzicato strings, woodwinds, brass, harp, kalimba, celesta, and detailed percussion with snare flam/drag patterns, Include improvised clarinet passages for character moments, No choir, Music should feel handcrafted, slightly unpredictable, and full of motion — alternating between busy insect rhythms and warm magical lifts, Light avant-garde/prog influence through irregular phrasing and shifting patterns, but always melodic, whimsical, and clear, song is called 'The Crawlabout' and is about a parade for the tiny and small insects and crawlers, it takes place in a magical world inside a magical whimsical warm fair called 'Fluffelhug Fair', it is deeply warm and communal and harmonious, -duet
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Lyrics by DragonHug --- Fluffelhug Fair is getting ready A dragon tail-sweeps the ground Creatures pick their spots and chitter and chatter A weasel scurries past A roll of red rug unravelling from his back A bright red stripe runs in his tracks! He zips and dips past rows of paws Fair-goers gather along the tiny red rug road And at the far end of the tiny red road it skitters and buzzes, blinks and flutters --- Tik-tik-tik-tik pip-pip squee- squee --- The Crawlabout Crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout A million tiny feet On the red rug beat tik-tik tik-tik pip-pip pip-pip skittery—skittery creepidy-creepidy squee-squee-squee Fly and creep and crawl Dance and march and laugh The Crawlabout Crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout A million tiny feet On the red rug beat --- Ants march (one-two-three) Crickets click! (chirp-chirp-chirp) A dragonfly has a hat! (hat-hat-hat) Bees buzz with the beat (buzz-buzz-buzz) Fireflies turn on and off (blink-blink) Fleas hop here and there (hop-hop-hop) --- A black rat sits close and claps Bugs squee and wave A long pink worm stops and looks at the rat's tail A group of ladybugs leave the rug and run in circles around the rat --- Bzzt! A blue dragonfly in a tiny cone hat It flies into the crowd ''Hi, zip greet zip zip greet greet Bzzt to you, and you and— what's this'' Blue dragonfly looks at a big leaf hat ''big hat want'' Blue dragonfly lands on the hat a leaf arm reaches out to the crawlabout small flowers grow on the arm and bees land on them Blue dragonfly lifts off “zip! zip zip! stop! sniff! sniff-sniff! smell good! where!” Blue dragonfly looks turns, looks stops And flies towards a plate A small plate in a very large paw On it is a slice of cake ''here! treat!'' Blue dragonfly lands on the plate The plate is in shade Blue dragonfly looks up A tall tall yellow dragon watching the crawlabout ''Big! big-big! big-big-big! zip! up! zip zip! more up! up up up! zip zip zip! land! hello Blue dragonfly lands on the dragons nose The dragon brings up the plate and places it on his snout They both watch the swarmy blur below the tiny tiny red rug road The fair-goers cheer and the lanterns glow The yellow dragon leans low down down to the crawlabout Blue dragonfly lifts up from the yellow dragon's snout --- The Crawlabout Crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout A million tiny feet On the red rug beat tik-tik tik-tik pip-pip pip-pip skittery—skittery creepidy-creepidy-creepidy squee-squee-squee The tiny fly high the big lean low Confetti in the air Tiny fliers everywhere The Crawlabout Crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout The Crawlabout Crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout Crawl—crawl—crawlabout