The Tambourine Prince

THE TAMBOURINE PRINCE

The Tambourine Prince is a musician at heart.

He likes to play music,

He likes to make art.

“But there’s just one problem” said his friends so sadly,

“You are not very good. You play quite badly.”

But the Tambourine Prince wouldn’t give up.

He started with sand blocks, the triangle and such.

He wanted to spread music and make people smile.

He wanted to bring joy across all the miles,

But the odds were against him.

It was looking quite grim.

Until one day he realized

It’s not how he played for others that mattered.

It’s what he hears in his heart, what makes it pitter patter.

And that was the day he became the Tambourine Prince.

When he realized that music came from inside

Inside his soul, his heart, his spirit.

And that is the day that others wanted to hear it.

So the Tambourine Prince, now he wears a crown.

A crown that is so special and silver and round.

This crown is a tambourine, so shiny and bright.

The sides are of wood and the top is quite white.

When he puts on his crown and picks up a flute

Or tuba, guitar

Or drum to boot!

He makes beautiful music that everyone hears,

And they listen and dance.

When he stops there are cheers!

But there is magic you know

With his tambourine crown.

When he plays a new instrument he pops all around.

He goes to a new town, or village or city.

Those instruments take him to places quite pretty.

And he plays his music up high or down low,

In the sky

on the ground

on a boat

what a show!

He sees new mountains

New rivers

New sunsets

Every time he beats on his very own drum set.

The ocean gets bluer or warmer or greener

When he picks up an instrument

be it bassoon, saxophone or symbols, you see now?

So now his friends tell him he’s magical, wonderful, amazing!

But he doesn’t care. He knows it’s just praising.

But what a gift to spread joy and music from the heart,

It’s a cinch!

And amazing things do happen when you are a Tambourine Prince.