White/The Snow-man [DE LA MARE poems set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 17/05/2021

White (Walter de la Mare)

Dm Am Bb
Once was a miller, and he would say,
Dm Am Gm Dm
‘I go as white as lambs in May!
Dm Am Bb
I go as white as rose on bush!
A7 Dm G
White as the white convolvulus!’

He snapped his fingers, began to sing: -
‘White, by my beard, is everything!
Meal and chalk, and frost , and hail;
Clouds and surfs and ships in sail.

F Am F Am
‘There’s nowt on earth that brighter shines
A7 Dm G
Than daisies, pink and columbines;
F-C-Dm-Am Dm Am
But what of ME when full moon doth show
A7 Dm G
And mill and meadows are deep in snow!’

The Snow-man

F/D A9
What shape is this in cowl of snow?
Am/E Em
Stiff broom and icy hat?
F C
A saffron moon, half-hidden, stares-
G E7
But what is she staring at?

Am Em F G
The knocker dangles on the door,
E/A D/A
But stark as tree and post
A Bm
He blankly eyes the bright green paint,
F#m Bm F#m
Is silent as a ghost.

But wait till belfry midnight strike,
And up to the stars is tossed
Shrill cockcrow! - then, he’ll gadding go-
And, at his heels, Jack Frost:

Broom over shoulder, away he’ll go,
Finger-tips tingling, nose aglow,
Dancing and yodelling through the snow,
And, at his heels, Jack Frost!

F/D: xx056x
A9: x0455x
E/A: x0645x
D/A: x0423x



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