Linden Lea 1912(B) Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams O.M.

James Pitt-Payne and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia - 26 Nov 2002

Within the woodlands, flow'ry gladed,
By the oak trees' mossy moot,
The shining grass blades, timber shaded,
Now do quiver under foot;
And birds do whistle over head,
And water's bubbling in its bed;
And there for me, The apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.
When leaves, that lately were aspringing,
Now do fade within the copse,
And painted birds do hush their singing,
Up upon the timber tops;
And brown leaved fruit's aturning red,
In cloudless sunshine over head,
With fruit for me,
The apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.
Let other folk make money faster,
In the air of dark room'd towns;
I don't dread a peevish master,
Though no man may heed my frowns.
I be free to go abroad,
Or take again my homeward road,
To where for me,
The apple tree
Do lean down low in Linden Lea.

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Linden Lea(B) 1912 Vaughan Williams
Music by Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams O.M.
Lyrics by W. Barnes
copyright 1912 by Boosey and Co.
sequence and karaoke by
James Pitt-Payne, London UK and
Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
on Tuesday 26 November 2002 at 17.09
in association with Doug Grierson
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