"blue, blue, my heart is blue"...

...duchess loved to sing as she spring-cleaned the lighthouse. She polished the brass fittings, swept the the spiral staircase and washed down the windows, with a little help from her friends. As she toiled away, her mind would turn to other things. She imagined herself on some ship, working for her passage across the seas and around the world. Her song was as blue as the ocean... "blue, blue, my heart is blue, blue bajou, blue eyes, blue moon, blue velvet, duchess sings the blues"...she sang and sang, until the glass cracked, the moon turned blue, water dripped blue drops and marmaduke's eyes turned from golden- green to icy-blue...