Circle Game

DESCRIPTION: "Yesterday a child came out to wander, Caught a dragonfly inside a jar," but as the "season they go 'round and 'round," the child becomes a teenager, then a young adult, and faces new dreams and new challenges
AUTHOR: Joni Mitchell
EARLIEST DATE: 1967 (recording, Buffy Sainte-Marie; Mitchell apparently did not release a recording prior to 1970's "Ladies of the Canyon")
KEYWORDS: dream nonballad bug
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 550, "Circle Game" (notes only)
DT, CIRCLGAM
File: ACSF550H

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