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Thread #139683   Message #3205834
Posted By: The Maverick
11-Aug-11 - 03:56 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: The Old Old Song (Charles Kingsley)
Subject: The Old Old song, Charles Kingsley
Anyone know if this has been set to music as a song and where I could hear it?

The Old, Old Song - Charles Kingsley

When all the world is young, lad,
And all the trees are green;
And every goose a swan, lad,
And every lass a queen,—
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away;
Young blood must have its course, lad,
And every dog his day.

When all the world is old, lad,
And all the trees are brown;
And all the sport is stale, lad,
And all the wheels run down,—
Creep home, and take your place there,
The spent and maimed among:
God grant you find one face there
You loved when all was young.