I am the great sun, but you do not see me [ ... ]
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
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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Language: English
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- by Charles Causley, CBE (1917 - 2003), copyright ©
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Language: English
Lord, the snowful sky
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Text Authorship:
- 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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Language: English
I had a silver penny and an apricot tree
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- by Charles Causley, CBE (1917 - 2003), appears in Union Street, copyright ©
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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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