Done For/A Goldfinch/A Warbler [DE LA MARE poems set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 02/03/2021

Done For (Walter de la Mare)

Em Dsus4-D
Old Ben Bailey,
Fmaj7 Am7
He’s been and done
B7
For a small brown bunny
Em
With his long gun.

Glazed are the eyes
That stared so clear,
And no sound stirs
In that hairy ear

C G
What was once beautiful
F B7
Now breathes not,
C G
Bound for Ben Bailey’s
F B7
Smoking pot

A Goldfinch

Am Em
This feather-soft creature,
F
Tail to head,
Em Dm
Is golden yellow,
C E7
And black, and red.

A sip of water,
A twig to sing on,
A prong for nest,
The air to wing on,

F C
A mate to love,
Dm E7
Some thistledown seed
Am - G F
Are all his joy, life,
Em Am - E7
Beauty, need.

A Warbler

G
In the sedge a tiny song
C
Wells and trills the whole day long;
G
In my heart another bird
D7
Has its music heard.

Bb D7
As I watch and listen here,
Bb - Am D7
Each to each pipes low and clear;
Cm Bb
But when one has ceased to sing,
Cm D7

Mine will still be echoing


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