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Oh, Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain

from In a Folkier Vein by David A. Harley

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Variants of the tune used here have been used for versions of The Recruited Collier, The Trees They Grow High, and We Shepherds Are The Best Of Men (and no doubt many others). As the latter two of those songs were associated with Shropshire's Fred Jordan (among many others, of course) it seemed fitting to use it for one of my settings from 'A Shropshire Lad' (XX). Previously released on 'So Sound You Sleep' but this is a re-recorded version.

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Oh fair enough are sky and plain,
But I know fairer far:
Those are as beautiful again
That in the water are;

The pools and rivers wash so clean
The trees and clouds and air,
The like on earth was never seen,
And oh that I were there.

These are the thoughts I often think
As I stand gazing down
In act upon the cressy brink
To strip and dive and drown;

But in the golden-sanded brooks
And azure meres I spy
A silly lad that longs and looks
And wishes he were I.

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from In a Folkier Vein, released August 13, 2023
Words by A.E. Housman (A Shropshire Lad XX), tune traditional arranged and adapted by David Harley.

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David Harley is a former professional musician, administrator, IT security editor, author and researcher, and former much else that is even less impressive. He now lives in Cornwall. More info at whealalice.com

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