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THE HEART OF ENGLAND
Or,
"The fox jumped over the hedge so high."…
Or,
"Orientis partibus adventavit asinus."…
(Sung to the tune of the Welsh New Year's Eve Song.)
Or,
"There was a farmer's son kept sheep upon the hill,
And he went forth one May morning to see what he could kill,
Sing blow away the morning dew, the dew, and the dew,
Blow away the morning dew; how sweet the winds do blow."…
And he went forth one May morning to see what he could kill,
Sing blow away the morning dew, the dew, and the dew,
Blow away the morning dew; how sweet the winds do blow."…
Or,
"Quand le marin revient de guerre—
Tout doux—
Quand le marin revient de guerre—
Tout doux—
'Tout mal chaussé, tout mal vêtu,
Pauvre marin! d'où reviens-tu?—
Tout doux.'"
Tout doux—
Quand le marin revient de guerre—
Tout doux—
'Tout mal chaussé, tout mal vêtu,
Pauvre marin! d'où reviens-tu?—
Tout doux.'"
Then perhaps we will lazily inquire why songs about the price of malt, or the coming of a Beautiful Ass out of the East should stir and uplift and compose the hearts of men dreaming of an ideal beauty on an April evening, and so to more songs and then to bed, finding at the last moment the serene and beautiful, perhaps, in the glimpse of holy evening landscape rich in unseen nightingales as we fall asleep.
