Five Children's Songs From Peacock Pie

Song Cycle by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)

1. The barber's  [sung text not yet checked]

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Gold locks, and black locks,
  Red locks and brown,
Topknot to love-curl
  The hair wisps down;
Straight above the clear eyes,
  Rounded round the ears,
Snip-snap and snick-a-snick,
  Clash the Barber's shears;
Us, in the looking-glass,
  Footsteps in the street,
Over, under, to and fro,
  The lean blades meet;
Bay Rum or Bear's Grease,
  A silver groat to pay -
Then out a-shin-shan-shining
  In the bright, blue day.

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2. Miss T.  [sung text not yet checked]

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It's a very odd thing -----
  As odd as can be ---
That whatever Miss T. eats
  Turns into Miss T.;
Porridge and apples,
  Mince, muffins and mutton,
Jam, junket, jumbles ----
  Not a rap, not a button
It matters; the moment
  They're out of her plate,
Though shared by Miss Butcher
  And sour Mr. Bate;
Tiny and cheerful,
  And neat as can be,
Whatever Miss T. eats
  Turns into Miss T.

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3. Old Shellover  [sung text not yet checked]

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'Come!' said Old Shellover.
'What?' says Creep.
'The horny old Gardener's fast asleep;
The fat cock Thrush
To his nest has gone;
And the dew shines bright
In the rising Moon;
Old Sallie Worm from her hole doth peep:
Come!' said Old Shellover.
'Ay!' said Creep.

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4. Hide and seek  [sung text not yet checked]

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Hide and seek, says the Wind,
  In the shade of the woods;
Hide and seek, says the Moon,
  To the hazel buds;
Hide and seek, says the Cloud,
  Star on to star;
Hide and seek, says the Wave,
  At the harbour bar;
Hide and seek, say I,
  To myself, and step
Out of the dream of Wake
  Into the dream of Sleep.

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Confirmed with Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., [1920], page 35.


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5. Then  [sung text not yet checked]

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Twenty, forty, sixty, eighty
  A hundred years ago,
All through the night with lantern bright
  The Watch trudged to and fro,
And little boys tucked snug abed
  Would wake from dreams to hear -
'Two o' the morning by the clock,
  And the stars a-shining clear!'
Or, when across the chimney-tops
  Screamed shrill a North-East gale,
A faint and shaken voice would shout,
  'Three! And a storm of hail!'

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