The Heart Carol | |
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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[]
- [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) | |
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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) | |
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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[]
Music Video |
References[]
- ↑ Michelle Creber on Facebook (2012-02-19). Retrieved on 2012 February 19.
- ↑ singing chart.
- ↑ Daniel Ingram mentioning Ron Passaro as orchestrator and Paul Shatto as mixer (2011-12-17). Retrieved on 2012 April 6.
- ↑ Daniel Ingram asking his Facebook visitors what they call "The Heart Carol" (2011-12-17). Retrieved on 2011 December 18.
- ↑ Daniel Ingram posting the lyrics for "A Circle of Friends" (2011-12-17). Retrieved on 2011 December 18.
- ↑ MLP: CCG on Twitter: "A circle of pony friends to the very end! #mlpccg https://twitter.com/MLP_CCG/status/870664284224860161/photo/1". Twitter (2017-06-02). Retrieved on 2017 June 3.
- ↑ Kevin Rutherford (2012-04-20). Behind the Music of Pop Culture Smash 'My Little Pony Friendship is Magic'. Retrieved on 2012 April 20.