Help: harvest festivals

21 Sep 00 - 02:14 PM (#302410)
Subject: harvest festivals
From: selby

I am looking for harvest festival type poems from around the world to teach to 8 year olds. Thaks in anticipation Keith

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21 Sep 00 - 04:05 PM (#302489)
Subject: RE: Help: harvest festivals
From: Peg

Song Composed in August by Robert Burns...

Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns
Bring August's pleasant weather;
The moorcock springs, on whirring wings,
Amang the blooming heather;
Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain,
Delights the weary Farmer;
The moon shines bright, as I rove at night,
To muse upon my Charmer.

The Partridge loves the fruitfu' fells;
The Plover loves the mountains;
The woodcock haunts the lonely dells;
The soaring Heron the fountains:
Thro' lofty groves, the Cushat roves,
The path o'man to shun it;
The hazel bush o'erhangs the Thrush,
The spreading thorn the Linnet.

Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find,
The savage and the tender;
Some social join, some leagues combine;
Some solitary wander:
Avaunt, away! the cruel sway,
Tyrannic man's dominion;
The Sportsman's joy, the murd'ring cry,
The flutt'ring, gory pinion!

But Peggy dear, the ev'ning's clear,
Swift flies the skimming Swallow;
The sky is blue, the fields in view,
All fading-green and yellow: Come let us stray our gladsome way,
And view the charms o' Nature:
The rustling corn, the fruited thorn
And every happy creature.

We'll gently walk, and sweetly talk,
While the silent moon shines clearly;
I'll clasp thy waist, and fondly prest,
Swear how I love thee dearly:
Not vernal show'rs to budding flow'rs,
Nor Autumn to the Farmer,
So dear can be, as thou to me,
My fair, my lovely Charmer!

he also did the "Corn Rigs and Barley Rigs" song...

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21 Sep 00 - 04:15 PM (#302500)
Subject: RE: Help: harvest festivals
From: Liz the Squeak

How about Christina Rossetti's 'Who has seen the wind?' Very evocative of autumn, and one of my favourites.

LTS

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22 Sep 00 - 08:49 AM (#302925)
Subject: RE: Help: harvest festivals
From: Noreen

Do you know the song 'Cauliflowers fluffy and cabbages green' which is ideal for this age? I know it's not a poem, but I'll try & find it if you want it.

Noreen

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22 Sep 00 - 06:55 PM (#303464)
Subject: Lyr Add: MARIGOLD (partial)^^
From: Llanfair

What about the lyrics to Steeleye Span's "Marigolds" one of my favourites.
When the marigold no longer blooms,
When summer sun is turned to gloom
See the forecast winter snow,
See the evergreen that lonely grows,
Move close to the fireplace, Neglect the garden
See the ground harden, at a ghostly pace.

There are two more verses if you want them.
regards, Bron.

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22 Sep 00 - 10:51 PM (#303599)
Subject: RE: Help: harvest festivals
From: Gypsy

The Harvest song, by George Lewellan, formerly of Clan Na Gael, currently with Around the Hearth.

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22 Sep 00 - 10:53 PM (#303603)
Subject: RE: Help: harvest festivals
From: Gypsy

I should never type when I am this tired. George LEVERTTE spelling incorrect, pronounciation is right.

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24 Sep 00 - 01:39 PM (#304450)
Subject: RE: Help: harvest festivals
From: selby

Many thanks for the suggestions that are now filed away is there any one out there with suggestions from the Asian Continent Cheers Keith

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