by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

When children are playing alone on the green
 (Sung text for setting by R. Hundley)
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Language: English 
When children are playing alone on the green,
In comes the playmate that never was seen.
When children are happy and lonely and good,
The Friend of the Children comes out of the wood.

Nobody heard him and nobody saw,
His is a picture you never could draw,
But he's sure to be present, abroad or at home,
When children are happy and playing alone.

Composition:

    Set to music by Richard Hundley (1930 - 2018), "When children are playing alone on the green"

Text Authorship:

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Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2005-08-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 65