.

.

The Whole House Is Singing
Alasdair Roberts

I know she rose early, for I heard her sweet singing
Echoing over the flowering heath.
She gathered the willow, the elder, the linden,
The holly, the ivy twined into a wreath.

Oh, the notes you are forming, I long to possess them.
They leap from your tongue and ascend on the breeze.
Had I risen early from bed in the morning,
Then I would have hold of the notes you release.

And she gave me the wreath and she sang like a starling,
My fingers intwined in her feathery hair,
But she shrugged me away and said Alasdair, darling,
When a song's on the wind it belongs to the air.

See Polly, she sings as she sits at the spinning wheel.
Mary, she sings as she skips with her rope.
Jonny, he sings as he fetches the herring creel
And Billy, he sings as he rolls down the slope.

And the whole house is singing, The whole house is singing,
The rafters are ringing, and the timbers are thrown,
The whole house is singing, the whole house is singing,
And I overhear them, and this is their song.

We are stronger when the moon glows in the sky,
And the moon causes the tide to rise and rise,
And the weed carried upon the drawing foam
We will gather to bedeck our happy home.

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012

1 comment

.

.

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
This weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall
Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free
Har har, har har, har har, har har

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love, you invest your life

Awake my soul, awake my soul
Awake my soul
You were made to meet your maker
Awake my soul, awake my soul
Awake my soul
You were made to meet your maker
You were made to meet your maker

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Dec 26, 2011

1 comment

.

.

Whatever is, will not be.
Whatever has not been, will be.

'Don't waste your breath in warning. Those capable of knowing are already there.'

Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved

Uploaded on Dec 23, 2011

0 comments

← prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 128 129
(2,297 items)
Subscribe to a feed of stuff on this page... Subscribe to . r o c k e t . s u r g e r y .'s photostream – Latest | geoFeed | KML