Here are the lyrics to a song I learned from my muziki teacher growing up. We'd act it out using her spinning wheel, and none of the girls could ever wait to be Aurora. Even though I didn't like her back then, I still wanted the chance to touch the spinning wheel. I thought it was fitting I post this, it being Aurora mwezi and all. So, in honor of our own Brier Rose, here's the Irish folk song "Fair Rosa":


Fair Rosa was a lovely child,
A lovely child, a lovely child,
Fair Rosa was a lovely child
A long time ago.


A wicked fairy cast a spell,
Cast a spell, cast a spell,
A wicked fairy cast a spell,
A long time ago.


She pricked her finger on a spinning wheel
A spinning wheel, a spinning wheel,
She pricked her finger on a spinning wheel,
A long time ago


She fell asleep for a hundred years,
A hundred years, a hundred years,
She fell asleep for a hundred years,
A long time ago.


A handsome prince came riding by
Riding by, riding by,
A handsome prince came riding by,
A long time ago.


He kissed fair Rosa's little white hand
Little white hand, little white hand,
He kissed fair Rosa's little white hand,
A long time ago.