Mother Earth and Father Time
- Mother Earth and Father Time
"Mother Earth and Father Time" is a song from the musical animated film "Charlotte's Web" written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. It is introduced in the story by Charlotte, the spider, voiced by Debbie Reynolds, as she reflects upon how time and the world keep moving without halt. It is reprised once more in the film as Charlotte is dying.
According to "The Annotated Charlotte's Web" by Peter F. Neumeyer, some fans of the book are not in favor of the song's placement in the film because it supplants E. B. White's narrative words, "...And she didn't move again." which purists find extremely moving.
The Sherman Brothers' father, songwriter Al Sherman, believed the "Charlotte's Web" song score, and "Mother Earth and Father Time" in particular, to be the brothers' finest work. The lyric addresses the idea of putting perspective on one's life. In the storyline the song is sung by Charlotte at the end of her life. Ironically, Al Sherman died shortly after the film was released.
Literary sources
* Sherman, Robert B. "". Santa Clarita: Camphor Tree Publishers, 1998.
* Neumeyer, Peter F. "Annotated Charlotte's Web, The". New York City: HarperTrophy, 1997
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