19/03/2015

#poem #poetry #amwriting #song #ilkley #summer #ilkleymoor

Summer Song For Ilkley

sun come up                       *stamp*
early over cow and calf
beats a path to white wells
the summer's on it's way

let you and I with alacrity
lace our boots
         and flask up tea
pack backpacks
               pay taxi - (kerching) -
to tramp the day away

sun come up                       *stamp*
early over cow and calf
beats a path to white wells
the summer's on it's way

come gather one
                    come gather all
cock your head
                    and hear the call
of moorland grouse
                    they ain't shot 'em all
to tramp the day away

sun come up                       *stamp*
early over cow and calf
beats a path to white wells
the summer's on it's way

o let us sing of swastika stone
                sat up there forlorn alone - (ahhhh) -
misunderstood since adolf come - (booooo) -
turn thine wheel
                          belight new sun
to tramp the day away

sun come up                       *stamp*
early over cow and calf
beats a path to white wells
the summer's on it's way

twelve apostles they're standing stones
widershins three times she roamed
sprained her foot but carried on
to tramp the day away

sun come up                       *stamp*
early over cow and calf
beats a path to white wells
the summer's on it's way
 
sun come up                       *stamp*
early over cow and calf
beats a path to white wells
the summer's on it's way

........
sung to the tune Hal-An-Tow by the Watersons
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs9PMky7Fj0

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