The Heart Carol

The Heart Carol, or A Circle of Friends, is a song featured in the episode Hearth's Warming Eve. It is sung at the end of the play by a choir consisting of the six main characters, Spike, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and an audience of ponies. This is the first song where Spike sings, though his singing voice is not heard clearly until The Failure Song.

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".

The song was orchestrated by Ron Passaro and mixed by Paul Shatto.

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

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