Grantchester Meadows

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Icy wind of night be gone. This is not your domain.

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In the sky a bird was heard to cry.

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Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sound

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Belied a deathly silence that lay all around.


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Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.

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See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.

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And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,

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Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.


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In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.

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All around me golden sunflakes settle on the ground.

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Basking in the sunshine of a by-gone afternoon,

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Bringing sounds of yesterday into this city doom.


A                        G              F#m           E
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.

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See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.

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And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,

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Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.


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In the lazy water meadow I lay me down.

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All around me golden sunflakes covering the ground.

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Basking in the sunshine of a by-gone afternoon,

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Bringing sounds of yesterday into my city doom.


A                        G              F#m           E
Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog-fox gone to ground.

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See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water.

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And a river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees,

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Laughing as it passes through the endless summer making for the sea.