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Thread #15643   Message #141274
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
27-Nov-99 - 04:28 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: My Orchet in Linden Lea (William Barnes)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Linden Lea in dialect
Wildlone, don't get me started again, just purged the West Dorset homesickness, now you want me to start on North?!!

'Cleese, enjoy it, it is about a man who genuinely loves his homeland, and although he is highly educated, and has the opportunity to go far into the world, earning lots of money, he would rather stay in the place he loves, and be a priest for pennies. The song, as is most of Barnes' work, is totally autobiographical, and completely beautiful. I'm glad it has spread around the world that he shunned himself.

LTS