Light the lamps up, lamplighter, The people are in the street Without a light They have no sight, And where will they plant their feet? Some will tread in the gutter And some in the mud, oh dear! Light the lamps up, lamplighter, Because the night is here. Light the candles, grandmother, The children are going to bed Without a wick They'll stumble and stick, And where will they lay their head? Some will sleep on the staircase, And some on the hearth -- oh dear! Light the candles, grandmother, Because the night is here. Light the stars up, Gabriel, The cherubs are out to fly If heaven is blind How will they find Their way across the sky? Some will splash in the Milky Way, Or bump on the moon, oh dear! Light the stars up, Gabriel, Because the night is here.
Four Miniatures
Song Cycle by Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)
1. Light the lamps up, lamplighter
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. For snow
Language: English
Oh, the falling snow! Where does it all come from? Whither does it go? Never, never laughing, Never, never weeping, Falling, falling, in its sleep, For ever ever sleeping. From what sleep of heaven Does it flow, and go Into what sleep of earth?
Text Authorship:
- by Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. The night will never stay
Language: English
The night will never stay, The night will still go by, Though with a million stars You pin it to the sky, Though you bind it with the blowing wind And buckle it with the moon, The night will slip away, Like sorrow, or a tune.
Text Authorship:
- by Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965), appears in Poems for Children, first published 1951
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4. For a mocking voice
Language: English
Who calls? Did you call? I call! Follow where I fly. Where? Follow where you fly. O where? On earth or in the air? Where you come, I'm gone! Where you fly, I've flown! Stay! Ah, stay, and play! Who calls? Did you call? I call! Tell me where you are. Ha, ha, ha...
Text Authorship:
- by Eleanor Farjeon (1881 - 1965)
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