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The West Wind Words adapted from the poem by John Masefield Music by Jake Walton
It's a warm wind the west wind, full of birds' cries I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes It comes from the west land, those old brown hills And April's in the west wind and the daffodils
It's a fine land the west land, for hearts as tired as mine The apple orchards blossom there and the air's like wine There's cool green grass there where men lay at rest And the thrushes are in song there fluting from the nest
Chorus It's a warm wind the west wind Full of birds' cries I never hear the west wind But tears are in my eyes.
Come home now brother for you've been long away It's April and It's blossom time and white is the May And bright is the sun and warm's the rain Will you come home brother, home to us again.
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The white road westward is the road that I must tread To the cool grass; the green grass and rest for heart and head. To the violets and the warm hearts and the thrushes song In the fine land, the west land where I belong.
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The Plains of Silver Words: Jake Walton Music: Eric Liorzou
A wind is on the moorland Moonlight's on the sea Traveller's in the firelight By shadow of the tree
Chorus Far from the troubles of the world And far from the ways of men Traveller lights his fire In the darkness of the glen Search for the plain of silver And rest for the weary soul Search for the plain of silver
When the hare's to the moon at twilight He'll watch for the way unknown Traveller's in the starlight Close by standing stone.
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The eagle sails the hillside Salmon swims in the burn The stag he rests in the half light From these the heart will learn
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Traveller stand in silence Close to the earth and tree Part of the west and star shine Traveller's alone and free
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Into the Twilight Words: WB Yeats Music: Jake Walton
Out worn heart in a time outworn Come clear of the nests of wrong and right Laugh my heart again in the grey twilight Sigh heart again in the dew of the morn
Your mother Eire is always young Dew ever shining and twilight grey Through hope fall from you and love decay Burning in fires of a slanderous tongue
Come hearts where hill is heaped upon hill For there the mystical brotherhood Of sun and moon and hollow and wood And river and stream work out their will
And God stand winding his lonely horn And time and the world are ever in flight And love is less kind than the grey twilight And hope is less dear than the dew of the morn
Out worn heart in a time outworn Come clear of the nests of wrong and right Laugh my heart again in the grey twilight Sigh heart again in the dew of the morn
Laugh my heart again in the grey twilight Sigh heart again in the dew of the morn Sigh heart again, sigh heart again, sigh heart again in the dew of the morn. |
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Beyond the Veil Words: Jake Walton and Jez Lowe Music: Eric Liorzou
Look into the eyes of night Of the stars at night Looking for the guiding light in view Beckoning a soul to sail Beyond the veil where love prevails Life will renew
Happier the beggarman With an empty hand Knowing that the promised land will come true Beckoning a soul to sail Beyond the veil where love prevails Life will renew
Chorus As a journey ends as a season ends And begins again never fail As a leaf will fall as a voice will call Welcome all beyond the veil
There will be a time I know When sadness goes Evermore lost to flow in deepest seas Beckoning a soul to sail Beyond the veil where love prevails Life will renew
Would there was a path for me From bare autumn's tree Bright enough for all to see some way through Beckoning a soul to sail Beyond the veil where love prevails Life will renew
Chorus As a journey ends as a season ends And begins again never fail As a leaf will fall as a voice will call Welcome all beyond the veil |
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All That's Past Words: Walter De la Mare Music: Jake Walton
Very old are the woods And the buds that break Out of the briers bough When March winds wake So old with their beauty are Oh no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose
Very old are the brooks And the rills that rise Where snow sleeps cold Beneath azure skies Sing such a history Of come and gone They're every drop as wise As Solomon
Very old are we men Our dreams are tales Told in dim Eden By Eve's nightingales We wake and we whisper a while But the day gone by Silence and sleep Like fields of Amaranth lie lyrics by kind permission |
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Lyric Words: Jake Walton Music: Jake Walton
Dew shook from the wild rose Light shook from the wing And the broken notes of the wild bird fell diminishing '' What makes you weep'' cried the wild bird ''To hear me sing?'' Hear the wild bird sing, hear the wild bird sing
Night was pinned with white stars Like braids of a queen's hair Starlight wavered and faded Beneath the moon's stare ''What makes you sleep cried the white star With the night so fair?'' With the night so fair With the night so fair
''What makes you weep?'' cried the wild bird ''To hear me sing?'' Hear the wild bird sing, hear the wild bird sing
''What makes you sleep cried the white star With the night so fair?'' With the night so fair With the night so fair |
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Emain Words: Jake Walton Music: Jake Walton
Waking from my dream I saw Strange figure in the dawn
With the branch of the apple bough In her hand The woman sang from the unknown land Silver branches hanging down Pure white blossom to the ground Across crystal clear seas A land it calls to me
Far away the distant shores No sorrow knows Fair winds blow, healing flows Rain there falls in coloured shower It's the birds they call the hour
Chorus Across crystal clear seas A land it calls to me The unknown land The unknown land
And the song the woman sang Not all could hear Though notes fell clear in still air Yet her soft words wisdom told Of the fair land lost so old
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With a branch of the apple bough in her hand The woman sang From the unknown land And her music in the night Soon faded from our sight
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The Peat Fire Words: John Kett Music: Jake Walton
We gazed at the glow And talked of familiar things As together we sat By the fire of peat With the collie her head on paws Asleep at our feet The night our thoughts took wing
Outside the heather The cotton grass covered the hill Far to the north; a mirror of sea for miles As the evening was bringing it's peace To the lovely isle But the air was chill
For the year a had turned Welcome was the heat Life's fast pace eased Time for a while stood still And long we'll remember that night The heather; the hill And the warm glow of the peat
And long we'll remember that night The heather; the hill And the warm glow of the peat The night our thoughts took wing The night our thoughts took wing lyrics by kind permission |
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Where my caravan has rested Words: E.F. Lochart Music: Jake Walton
Where my caravan has rested Flowers I leave you on the grass All the flowers of love and memory You will find them as you pass You will understand their message Stoop to kiss them where they lie But if other lips have loved you shed Shed no tear and pass them by lyrics by kind permission |