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Thread #132059   Message #2984758
Posted By: Jim Dixon
11-Sep-10 - 06:16 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: A Day in the Country (Tom Paxton)
Subject: Lyr Req: A DAY IN THE COUNTRY (Tom Paxton)
For a non-native English-speaker, I'd say you did very well.

Lyrics copied from http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/aditc.htm:



A DAY IN THE COUNTRY
Tom Paxton

The dogs are singing.
The cottonwood cathedral carries their song.
The pure deep joy of the hunt bears them along.
Up ahead the rabbit prepares to steer them wrong.
A fine arrangement, a day in the country.

The song is changing.
Something in the music appeals to me.
A minor note creeps in and changes the key.
Now the dogs are sounding lost and all at sea.
So much for winning, a day in the country.

I stand there listening.
Suddenly the rabbit comes into view.
He looks as if to say, "How do you do."
I swear he chuckles as he scurries through.
Top of the morning. A day in the country.

The dogs are sleeping.
There in the back seat curled up in a ball.
That wily rabbit left them feeling small.
But in their dreams they catch him after all.
A fine arrangement. A day in the country.

A fine arrangement. A day in the country.