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Five Sea Songs

Song Cycle by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998)

1. I am the great sun  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
I am the great sun, but you do not see me
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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Causley, CBE (1917 - 2003), "I am the Great Sun", appears in Union Street, from a Normandy crucifix of 1632, first published 1957, copyright ©

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2. Song of the dying gunner

Language: English 
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  • by Charles Causley, CBE (1917 - 2003), copyright ©

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3. Sailor's carol

Language: English 
Lord, the snowful sky
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  • by Charles Causley, CBE (1917 - 2003), "Sailor's carol", appears in Survivor's Leave, first published 1953, copyright © 1975 by Charles Causley

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4. Nursery rhyme of innocence and experience

Language: English 
I had a silver penny and an apricot tree
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5. Elizabethan Sailor's Song

Language: English 
My love my love is a green boxtree
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Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Causley, CBE (1917 - 2003), "Elizabethan Sailor's Song", appears in Farewell, Aggie Weston, first published 1951, copyright ©

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Total word count: 136
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