Listen to Winter Words, Op. 52: VII. At the Railway Station, Upway 'The Convict and the Boy with the Violin' by Benjamin Britten & The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

Winter Words, Op. 52: VII. At the Railway Station, Upway 'The Convict and the Boy with the Violin'

Benjamin Britten & The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

The New Symphony Orchestra Of London

Performer

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Performer

Sir Peter Pears

Sir Peter Pears

Tenor

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Composer

Thomas Hardy

Songwriter

Lyrics

'There is not much that I can do

For I’ve no money that’s quite my own!'

Spoke up the pitying child—

A little boy with a violin

At the station before the train came in—

'But I can play my fiddle to you

And a nice one ‘tis, and good in tone!'

The man in the handcuffs smiled;

The constable looked, and he smiled, too

As the fiddle began to twang;

And the man in the handcuffs

Suddenly sang

With grimful glee:

'This life so free

Is the thing for me!'

And the constable smiled, and said no word

As if unconscious of what he heard;

And so they went on till the train came in—

The convict, and boy with the violin

Written by: Benjamin Britten, Thomas Hardy

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