Lyrics adapted (sorry, Lad) from the poem Loveliest of Trees by A..E.Housman.
lyrics
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with blooms along the bough,
And stands about the woodland ride
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Cherry now, along the bough.
Woodland ride, Eastertide.
Now of my threescore years and then,
Twenty will not come again.
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
Cherry now, along the bough.
Woodland ride, Eastertide.
Years and ten, come again,
Springs a score, fifty more.
Now of my threescore years and then,
Twenty will not come again.
And take from seventy springs a score,
It only leaves me fifty more.
Cherry now, along the bough.
Woodland ride, Eastertide.
Years and ten, come again,
Springs a score, fifty more.
And since to look at things in bloom
Fifty springs are little room,
About the woodlands I will go
To see the cherry hung with snow.
Cherry O, hung with snow
Things in bloom, little room.
Years and ten, come again,
Springs a score, fifty more.
Cherry O, hung with snow
Things in bloom, little room.
Cherry now, along the bough.
Woodland ride, Eastertide.
credits
from Hope of a Tree,
released March 1, 2023
Vocals: Spafford/Ormrod. All instruments: Richard Ormrod. Music: Spafford/Ormrod. Production: Richard Ormrod.
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