Mr. Punch/Away Go We [DE LA MARE poems set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 2020-12-19

Mr Punch (Walter de la Mare)

A7 D
A screech across the sands;
G#m G
A drum’s dull thump;
Am D
Oh, wicked Mister Punch,
G Am
Hook-nose and hump!
E
What corpse is this lies here? -
An infant dear;
E7 Am
And Judy listening
E7-Dm-C-G
In grief and fear,
Am E7
Knowing the hangman
Am E7 Am
With his rope draws near!

While lean dog Toby yawns - 
Ruff, paws and tail -
And now at starfish blinks,
And now at Pail.

A screech across the sands!
That sullen thump!
Oh wicked Mr Punch,
Belled cap, hook-nose
And hump!

Away Go We

Am E7
One, two, three,
Am E7
And away go we!
C#m F#m
Shingle, starfish,
A B
Sand and sea!
Wind on cheek,
Clear sun on skin;
The tumbling waves
Sweep out, sweep in.

F#m 
A magic, broken
B
Music calls
C#m B
In the water 
A B
As it falls;
Voices, a sigh,
A long-drawn hush,
As back - in myriad
Bubbles - gush
E 
The green-grey ripples,
B
Flecked with snow - 
A
A music solemn,
B

Sweet and low.


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