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by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)

Now all the roads to London Town
Language: English 
Now all the roads to London Town
Are windy-white with snow;
There's shouting and cursing,
And snortings to and fro;
But when night hangs her hundred lamps,
And the snickering frost-fires creep,
Then still, O; dale and hill, O;
Snow's fall'n deep.
 
The carter cracks his leathery whip;
The ostler shouts gee-whoa;
The farm dog grunts and sniffs and snuffs;
Bleat sheep; and cattle blow;
Soon Moll and Nan in dream are laid,
And snoring Dick's asleep;
Then still, O; dale and hill, O;
Snow's fall'n deep.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956), no title, appears in Crossings: A Fairy Play, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960), "Beggar's song", op. 20 no. 3, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs from "Crossings: A Fairy Play", no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 87

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