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‘Just
where do you think you’re going, girl
With
those ribbons in your hair?’
‘I’m
off to the world of Make..
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Her
skin was dark and her hair was black,
She
walked with a Spanish sway,
‘She
could be from South America,’
I
would hear..
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The
birds are twittering in the trees
That
stand outside my door,
There’s
only a pale grey dawning light
‘Til
the sun com..
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The
tree was the lord of the neighbourhood
For
it looked down over all,
Grown
on a hill by a sparkling rill
It
blossomedfrom Springto..
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I’d
driven along the cobbled street
And
along to the village square,
When
something had caught my attention, and
It
was then I ..
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‘There
were icicles hung from the window-sill
At
dawn, when I thought to peep,
And
the snow’s built up to the top of the door..
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‘We
haven’t the money for bread, my love,
We
haven’t the money for tea,
You’d
best get dressed in your Sunday bes..
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He
came unbidden one frosty night
To
the village of Barkly Chase,
He
didn’t look out of the ordinary
But
carried a single case,..
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