The Wind In The Willows

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John Bell. Lovely song that I learned in school,,,,,,Memories.

 
[C] As I went a-[Dm]walking one [G7]morning in [Em]spring
I [Am]met with some [Dm]trav'lers in an [G7]old country [C]lane
One was an [Dm]old man the [G7]second a [Em]maid, ,
And the [Am]third was a [Dm]young boy who [G7]smiled as he [C]said:

With the [F]wind in the [C]willows and the [F]birds in the [C]sky,
We've a [F]bright sun to [C]warm us where-[Dm]ever we [G7]lie,
We [C]have bread and [Dm]fishes and a [G7]jug of red [Em]wine
To [Am]share on our [Dm]journey with [G7}all of man-[C]kind.
 
 
 
I sat down beside them,
The flowers all around,
And we ate on a mantle spread out on the ground
They told me of prophets and princes and kings
And they spoke of the one god who knows everything
We've the ...

I asked them to tell me their name and their race
So I might remember their kindness and grace.
My name is Joseph, this is Mary my wife
And this is our young son, our pride and delight
We travel the whole world, by land and by sea
To tell all the people how they might be free
We've the....

 Sadly, I left them, in an old country lane
For I knew that I never would see them again
One was an old man, the second a maid
And the third was a young boy who smiled as he said
We've the wind....

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The video of the day is Johnny McEvoy singing ''Long Long Before Your Time''

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