Bredon Hill
Music: George Butterworth (1885–1916) · Words: Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936)
In summer time on Bredon The bells they sound
so clear;
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The words
In summer time on Bredon The bells they sound
so clear;
Round both the shires they ring them In steeples
far and near, A happy noise to hear.
Here of a Sunday morning My love and I would
lie,
And see the coloured counties, And hear the
larks so high About us in the sky.
The bells would ring to call her In valleys
miles away:
“Come all to church, good people;
Good people come and pray.”
But here my love would stay.
And I would turn and answer Among the
springing thyme,
“Oh, peal upon our wedding, And we will hear
the chime, And come to church in time.”
But when the snows at Christmas On Bredon top
were strown. My love rose up so early And stole
out unbeknown And went to church
alone.
They tolled the one bell only, Groom there was
none to see, The mourners followed after,
And so to church went she, And would not wait
for me.
The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the
steeples hum.
“Come all to church, good people,” - O noisy
bells, be dumb; I hear you,
I will come.
About this song
- Music
- George Butterworth (1885–1916) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1912, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 4:38
- Its source files it as
- Bredon Hill and Other Songs
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
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