 | Sheldon, Derek - Proud Songsters words by Thomas Hardy Lead sheet |
| Composer : Arranger : Publisher : | Sheldon, Derek (1956 - ) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Lead sheet | ||
| Style : | Folk | ||
| Date : | 2023 | ||
| Copyright : | Creative Commons Licence | ||
| Added by dereksheldon, 04 Dec 2023 Thomas Hardy's attention is drawn to the hedgerow songbirds on a late afternoon in Spring. They are full of life, behaving "as if all Time were theirs". In the second verse, he notes a remarkable fact: not so long ago, these proud songsters didn't even exist as birds - they were "only particles of grain, and earth, and air, and rain." My new music sets Hardy's poem as a song, including a wistful melody twixt the verses. | |||
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