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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
String Quartet
James Gilchrist
James Gilchrist
Tenor
Anna Tilbrook
Anna Tilbrook
Piano
Gareth Hulse
Gareth Hulse
English Horn
Michael Cox
Michael Cox
Flute
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer
A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
David Widdicombe
David Widdicombe
Piano Tuner
John Haxby
John Haxby
Graphic Design
Julia Thomas
Julia Thomas
Post Production Engineer
Philip Hobbs
Philip Hobbs
Engineer

Lyrics

When smoke stood up from Ludlow
And mist blew off from Team
And Blythe, a field to ploughing
Against the morning beam
I strode beside my team
The blackbird in the coppice
Looked out to see me stride
And barked, and as I whistled
The trampling team beside
And fluted and replied
"Lie down, lie down, young yeoman
What use to rise and rise?
Rise man a thousand mornings
Yet down at last he lies
And then the man is wise"
I heard the dually sang me
And spied his yellow bill
I picked a stone and aimed it
And threw it with a will
Then the bird was still
Then my soul within me
Took up the blackbird's strain
And still beside the horses
Along the dewy lane
It sang the song again
"Lie down, lie down, young yeoman
The sun moves always west
The road one treads to labour
Will lead one home to rest
And that will be the best"
Written by: A. E. Housman, Ralph Vaughan Williams

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