by John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937)
Mamble
Language: English
I never went to Mamble That lies above the Teme, So I wonder who's in Mamble, And whether people seem Who breed and brew along there As lazy as the name, And whether any song there Sets alehouse wits aflame. The finger-post says Mamble, And that is all I know Of the narrow road to Mamble, And should I turn and go To that place of lazy token That lies above the Teme, There might be a Mamble broken That was lissom in a dream. So leave the road to Mamble And take another road To as good a place as Mamble Be it lazy as a toad; Who travels Worcester county Takes any place that comes When April tosses bounty To the cherries and the plums.
Authorship:
- by John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937), "Mamble", appears in Swords and Ploughshares, first published 1915 [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 Michael (Dewar) Head (1900 - 1976), "Mamble", 1938, published 1938 [voice and piano], from Three Cotswold Songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
- by Maurice Jacobson (1896 - 1976), "Mamble", published 1921. [voice and piano or orchestra] [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 127