Grantchester Meadows (Live BBC Radio Session, 12 May 1969)

[Verse 1]

Icy wind of night be gone, this is not your domain

In the sky a bird is heard to cry

Misty morning whisperings and gentle stirring sounds

Belied the deathly silence that lay all around

[Chorus]

Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox

Gone to ground

See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water

A river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees

Laughing as it passes through the endless summer, making for the sea

[Verse 2]

In the lazy water meadow, I lay me down

All around me golden sun flakes covering the ground

Basking in the sunshine of a bygone afternoon

Bringing sounds of yesterday into my city room

[Chorus]

Hear the lark and harken to the barking of the dog fox

Gone to ground

See the splashing of the kingfisher flashing to the water

A river of green is sliding unseen beneath the trees

Laughing as it passes through the endless summer, making for the sea