The Ash Grove
16 May 2006 03:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mayoraaseiThis, was supposed to have gone into Next Assignment ...24..or so. But I forgot. Typical.
The Ash Grove by John Oxenford
The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking,
The wind [harp] through it playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
The friends of my childhood again are before me,
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me,
The ash grove, the ash grove again [alone] is my home.
My laughter is over, my step loses lightness,
Old countryside measures steal soft on my ear;
I only remember the past and its brightness,
The dear ones I mourn [long] for again gather here.
From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me
And wistfully searching the leafy green dome,
I find other faces fond bending to greet me,
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness
No dream of my future my spirit can cheer;
I only can brood on the past and its brightness,
The dead I have mourned are again living here.
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me;
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,
And others are there looking downward to greet me;
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
Mind you, the words totally doesn't match the melody...at least not when I try to put the words to the music. I think it's a Welsh song. The tune is kind of folksy. I think it's meant to be played uptempo (or whatever the term is...allegro?) but it sounds nice andante too XD (Besides, I can't imagine singing about mourning and nostalgia in allegro) (And it also sounds better on the clarinet than on the recorder, even in the same octave, although I prefer the lower octave)
It's kind of strange, because I think it is meant to be fast, but all versions of the lyrics talk about loss and mourning and sorrow, with hints of a classic Peter Pan Syndrome. Can't imagine why >_>;
But it's also why I thought this song was appropriate! Muh0h0h0~
The Ash Grove by John Oxenford
The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking,
The wind [harp] through it playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
The friends of my childhood again are before me,
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me,
The ash grove, the ash grove again [alone] is my home.
My laughter is over, my step loses lightness,
Old countryside measures steal soft on my ear;
I only remember the past and its brightness,
The dear ones I mourn [long] for again gather here.
From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me
And wistfully searching the leafy green dome,
I find other faces fond bending to greet me,
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness
No dream of my future my spirit can cheer;
I only can brood on the past and its brightness,
The dead I have mourned are again living here.
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me;
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,
And others are there looking downward to greet me;
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
Mind you, the words totally doesn't match the melody...at least not when I try to put the words to the music. I think it's a Welsh song. The tune is kind of folksy. I think it's meant to be played uptempo (or whatever the term is...allegro?) but it sounds nice andante too XD (Besides, I can't imagine singing about mourning and nostalgia in allegro) (And it also sounds better on the clarinet than on the recorder, even in the same octave, although I prefer the lower octave)
It's kind of strange, because I think it is meant to be fast, but all versions of the lyrics talk about loss and mourning and sorrow, with hints of a classic Peter Pan Syndrome. Can't imagine why >_>;
But it's also why I thought this song was appropriate! Muh0h0h0~
