Скачать или смотреть John McCormack ~ Linden Lea. 1941

Linden Lea. William Barnes.

Within the woodland`s, flowery gladed,
by the oak tree`s mossy moot,
the shining grass-blades, timber shaded,
now do quiver under foot;
and birds do whistle overhead,
and water`s bubbling in its bed,
and there for me the apple tree
do lean down low in Linden Lea.

When leaves that lately were a springing
now do fade within the copse,
and painted birds do hush their singing
up upon the timber tops:
And brown leav`d fruit`s a-turning red,
in cloudless sunshine overhead,
with fruit for me the apple tree
do lean down low in Linden Lea.

Let other folk make money faster
in the air of dark-roomed towns,
I don`t dread a peevish master:
Though no man may heed my frowns,
I be free to go abroad,
or take again my homeward road,
to where, for me the apple tree
do lean down low in Linden Lea.