Haunted/The Voice [DE LA MARE poems set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 28/10/2020

Haunted By Walter De La Mare 

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From out the wood I watched them shine, - 
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        The windows of the haunted house,
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 Now ruddy as enchanted wine,
Bm F#m Bm
        Now dim as flittermouse.

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     There went a thin voice piping airs
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        Along the grey and crooked walks, - 
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     A garden of thistledown and tares,
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        Bright leaves, and giant stalks.

     The twilight rain shone at its gates,
        Where long-leaved grass in shadow grew;
     And black in silence to her mates
        A voiceless raven flew.

     Lichen and moss the lone stones greened,
        Green paths led lightly to its door,
     Keen from her lair the spider leaned,
        And dusk to darkness wore.

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   Amidst the sedge a whisper ran,
F C Dm
        The West shut down a heavy eye,
E7 Am Dm
     And like last tapers, few and wan,
Am G Am
        The watch-stars kindled in the sky.

The Voice

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As I sat in the gloaming
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I heard a voice say,
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Weep no more, sigh no more;
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Come, come away!

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It was dusk at the window;
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From down in the street
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No rumble of carts came,
Am G
No passing of feet.

I sat very still,
Too frightened to play;
And again the voice called me,
Little boy, come away

Dark, darker it grew;
Stars came out, and the moon
Shone clear through the glass
The carpet upon.

F Am
I listened and listened;
E7 Am
But no more would it say -
E7 Am D
The voice that had called me,
E7 Am
Come, come away!


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E9: 0xxx02

G6: 32x000


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