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The Breeze on the Meadow
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Chorus:
Like a breeze on the meadow
When the long day is through
Like a breeze on the meadow
I will come to you
Wherever you land
Whatever you see
I'll always find you
And happy you'll be
So look for no other
Wait only for me
I'll light on your skin
Like the salt on the sea
Days will grow short
Nights will grow long
I will be with you
I'll keep you strong
So think of the lark
And the trill of her song
To the light of the summer
We'll always belong
So think of the lark
And the trill of her song
To the light of the summer
We'll always belong
Sure as the swallow
Will always be true
So like a swallow
I will come to you
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My dear Tom will no more come
Nor will he know his new-born son
For ‘neath the sods now he will lay
Over the hills and far away
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The king commanded, he obeyed
Over the hills and far away
What solace then for those that learn
Their sons and lovers shan’t return?
Or they that bloody war did slay
Over the hills and far away?
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The King commanded, they obeyed
Over the hills and far away
How shall we now lead happy lives,
We orphaned babes and widowed wives?
What hopes have we now? None can say,
They’re over the hills and far away
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The King expects our lives we’ll lay
Over the hills and far away
Ten shillings then and nothing more
Is what poor Tom died fighting for
And half of that for tax I’ll pay
Over the hills and far away
Where skies fall black with shell and bomb
In Wipers, Arras and the Somme
The king demands yet he won’t pay
Over the hills and far away
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Fenny Compton UK
Sister label of Woodford Halse.
Folk and Folk Adjacent music presented on short run lathe cut records and glass mastered CDs.
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