Lyr Req: The Swallow Song (Richard Farina)

Subject: keywords: wind, swallows, 'angry bells.
From:
Date: 05 Nov 99 - 11:59 PM

I know the melody to this particular song. I think it was something Richard and Mimi Farina did. It's in a minor key. Starts off like this: "Come wander quietly and listen to the wind"... blah, blah, blah... "And watch the swallows as they fly".

Nice song, just don't remember the lyrics. Any takers?

Subject: ADD: The Swallow Song - Richard Farina
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Nov 99 - 04:51 AM

Good song - I found it in the Rise Up Singing songbook.
-Joe Offer-

THE SWALLOW SONG
(Richard Farina)
©1964, Warner Brothers

Come wander quietly and listen to the wind
Come here and listen to the sky
Come walking high above the rolling of the sea
And watch the swallows as they fly.

There is no sorrow like the murmur of their wings
There is no choir like their song
There is no power like the freedom of their flight
While the swallows roam alone.

Do you hear the calling of a hundred thousand voice
Hear the echo in a stone
Do you hear the angry bells ringing in the night
Do you hear the swallows when they've flown?

And will the breezes blow the petals from your hand
And will some loving ease your pain
And will the silence strike confusion from your soul
And will the swallow come again?

Em Em7 C B7 / Em - B7 -
Am Em Am B7 / Am - B7 -