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The Heavenly City

Song Cycle by Alan Bullard (b. 1947)

1. The occasional yarrow

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Text Authorship:

  • by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971)

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2. The singing cat

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  • by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971)

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3. Autumn

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  • by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971)

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4. The heavenly city  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I sigh for the heavenly country,
Where the heavenly people pass,
And the sea is as quiet as a mirror
Of beautiful beautiful glass.

I walk in the heavenly field,
With lilies and poppies bright,
I am dressed in a heavenly coat
Of polished white.

When I walk in the heavenly parkland
My feet on the pasture are bare,
Tall waves the grass, but no harmful
Creature is there.

At night I fly over the housetops,
And stand on the bright moony beams;
Gold are all heaven’s rivers,
And silver her streams.

Text Authorship:

  • by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The Heavenly City", first published 1942

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