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The Heart Carol
Episode Hearth's Warming Eve
Character(s) Choir of ponies
Sung by FiM Choir #2[1]
Music by Daniel Ingram
Ron Passaro (orchestration)
Ike Graul (vocal arrangement)[2]
Paul Shatto (mixing)[3]
Lyrics by Merriwether Williams
Length 0:38
Season Season 2
Transcript Hearth's Warming Eve
BMI Work No. 14113799
Key signature D major
International versions

The Heart Carol, or A Circle of Friends,[4][5] is a song featured in the season two episode Hearth's Warming Eve and in Enterplay's collectible card game. In the episode, it is sung at the end of the play by a choir consisting of the seven main characters and an audience of ponies including the Cutie Mark Crusaders. In the CCG, it is sung by Lyra Heartstrings, Golden Harvest, Dr. Hooves, Octavia Melody, and Sweetie Drops on their respective Defenders of Equestria cards #7 C, #20 C, #34 C, #44 C, and #48 C.[6] The show version is the first song where Spike sings, though his singing voice is not heard clearly until The Failure Song in the first part of the season three premiere. Both versions' singers include Dr. Hooves.

Shortly after the episode aired, Daniel Ingram posted the lyrics on his Facebook wall under the title "A Circle of Friends." There were numerous differences to the song that actually aired, and Ingram posted a second, amended version soon thereafter. The only differences to the version transcribed below are: "Fire of Friendship" is capitalized, and the final line is rendered as "A circle of friends we'll be 'til the very end."

An extended version of the song serves as the tenth track on the holiday album It's a Pony Kind of Christmas, making it the only track from the show to appear on the 2015 edition of the album.

According to a Rolling Stone article, "Ingram considered [The Heart Carol] to be a 'real brony anthem' when he wrote it."[7]

Lyrics[]

Spike, Applejack, Fluttershy, Twilight and Rarity singing S02E11

The main six ponies singing the carol.


[Choir]
The fire of friendship lives in our hearts
As long as it burns, we cannot drift apart
Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few
Laughter and singing will see us through (will see us through)
We are a circle of pony friends
A circle of friends we'll be to the very end

Extended version[]

The Heart Carol
(Extended Version)
Character(s) Choir
Sung by Phoenix Chamber Choir
Music by Daniel Ingram
Lyrics by Merriweather Williams
Daniel Ingram (additional lyrics)
Length 2:16
Album It's a Pony Kind of Christmas
Season Season 2
Key signature D major
International versions
[Full Choir]
As dawn shines on us every morn
The fire of friendship is reborn
And all the friendships we have made
We cherish in every way
Loyalty binds us and makes us strong
Honesty shows that we belong
And kindness shared will unite us through each day
The fire of friendship lives in our hearts
As long as it burns, we cannot drift apart
Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few
Laughter and singing will see us...
[Sopranos and Basses]
...through
[Altos and Tenors]
Will see us through
[Full Choir]
We are a circle of pony friends
A circle of friends we'll be to the very end
[Tenors and Basses]
Though the winter brings all its cold and storm
The glow in our hearts keeps us warm
The friends we now call our family
Will always see us through
[Full Choir]
Loyalty binds us and makes us strong
Honesty shows that we belong
And kindness shared will unite us through each day
The fire of friendship lives in our hearts
As long as it burns, we cannot drift apart
Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few
Laughter and singing will see us...
[Sopranos and Basses]
...through
[Altos and Tenors]
Will see us through
[Full Choir]
We are a circle of pony friends
A circle of friends we'll be to the very end

CCG version[]

The Heart Carol
(CCG version)
The Heart Carol CCG
Character(s) Lyra Heartstrings
Golden Harvest
Dr. Hooves
Octavia Melody
Sweetie Drops
Lyrics by Merriwether Williams
Appears in Defenders of Equestria
International versions
[Lyra Heartstrings]
The fire of friendship lives in our hearts!
[Golden Harvest]
As long as it burns, we cannot drift apart!
[Dr. Hooves]
Though quarrels arise, their numbers are few!
[Octavia Melody]
Laughter and singing will see us through!
[Sweetie Drops]
We are a circle of pony friends! A circle of friends we'll be to the very end!

Other versions[]

MLP_Friendship_is_Magic_-_"The_Heart_Carol"_Music_Video
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References[]

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