Four songs

Song Cycle by Gordon Crosse (b. 1937)

?. Allie [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Allie, call the birds in,
  The birds from the sky.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
  Down they all fly.
First there came
Two white doves
  Then a sparrow from his nest,
Then a clucking bantam hen,
  Then a robin red-breast.

Allie, call the beasts in,
  The beasts, every one.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
  In they all run.
First there came
Two black lambs,
  Then a grunting Berkshire sow,
Then a dog without a tail,
  Then a red and white cow.

Allie, call the fish up,
  The fish from the stream.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
  Up they all swim.
First there came
Two gold fish,
  A minnow and a miller's thumb,
Then a pair of loving trout,
  Then the twisted eels come.

Allie, call the children,
  Children from the green.
Allie calls, Allie sings,
  Soon they run in.
First there came
Tom and Madge,
  Kate and I who'll not forget
How we played by the water's edge
  Till the April sun set.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Graves (1895 - 1985), "Allie", appears in Country Sentiment, first published 1920

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?. The frog prince

Language: English

I am a frog
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Text Authorship:

by Stevie Smith (1903 - 1971), "The frog prince", appears in The Frog Prince, first published 1966

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?. The cool web

Language: English

Children are dumb to say how hot the day is
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by Robert Graves (1895 - 1985), "The cool web", copyright ©

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First published in London Mercury, December 1926

?. Vanity

Language: English

Be assured, the Dragon is not dead
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Text Authorship:

by Robert Graves (1895 - 1985), "Vanity", appears in Collected Poems, first published 1938, copyright ©

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Total word count: 160