Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Is my team ploughing?
Is my team ploughing
That I was used to drive
And hear the harness jingle
As I was man alive
Ay, the horses trample
The harness jingles now
No change though you lie under
The land you used to plough
Is football playing
Along the river shore
With lads to chase the leather
Now I stand up no more
Ay, the ball is flying
The lads play heart and soul
The goal stands up the keeper
Stands up to keep the goal
Is my girl happy
That I thought hard to leave
And has she tired of weeping
As she lies down at eve.
Ay, she lies down lightly
She lies not down to weep
Your girl is well contented
Be, still, my lad and sleep
Is my friend hearty
Now I am thin and pine
And has he found to sleep in
A better bed than mine
Yes, lad, I lie easy
I lie as lads would choose
I cheer a dead man's sweetheart
Never ask me whose.
That I was used to drive
And hear the harness jingle
As I was man alive
Ay, the horses trample
The harness jingles now
No change though you lie under
The land you used to plough
Is football playing
Along the river shore
With lads to chase the leather
Now I stand up no more
Ay, the ball is flying
The lads play heart and soul
The goal stands up the keeper
Stands up to keep the goal
Is my girl happy
That I thought hard to leave
And has she tired of weeping
As she lies down at eve.
Ay, she lies down lightly
She lies not down to weep
Your girl is well contented
Be, still, my lad and sleep
Is my friend hearty
Now I am thin and pine
And has he found to sleep in
A better bed than mine
Yes, lad, I lie easy
I lie as lads would choose
I cheer a dead man's sweetheart
Never ask me whose.
Credits
Writer(s): A.e. Houseman, George Butterworth
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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- On Wenlock Edge: From Far, From Eve and Morning
- On Wenlock Edge: Is My Team Ploughing
- On Wenlock Edge: Oh, When I Was in Love With You
- On Wenlock Edge: Bredon Hill
- On Wenlock Edge: Clun
- Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Lovliest of trees
- Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: When I was one-and-twenty
- Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Look not into my eyes
All Album Tracks: BBC Music, Volume 17, Number 2: Visions of England >
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