Bring the Harvest Home - Richard Trethewey
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00:00 First thing in the morning, when the dew still crowns the grass
00:07 We'll send the chill to cut the ferns and carry them in her arms
00:15 To bring the harvest home, bring the harvest home
00:25 The people will come to gather the plums and bring the harvest home
00:32 The finest trees in Cornwall along the river stand
00:52 The key plums of Cowlands and Coon where water meets the land
00:57 The boughs hang over Burdened where blossom once did grow
01:03 They'll come to shake the trees and to the boats that wait below
01:10 To bring the harvest home, bring the harvest home
01:15 The people will come to gather the plums and bring the harvest home
01:21 [Instrumental]
01:32 When the boats are laden and the orchards all lie bare
01:37 We'll take the plums into the house to sort and count them there
01:43 And cast to five we'll count them as the light is fading now
01:50 Twenty-one casts for a hundred of plums from the deep and bosky fire
01:56 To bring the harvest home, bring the harvest home
02:01 The people will come to gather the plums and bring the harvest home
02:06 [Instrumental]
02:18 We'll line the baskets with the ferns to keep the plums from harm
02:23 And with songs and music through the night
02:27 [Instrumental]
02:31 We'll bring the harvest home, bring the harvest home
02:35 The people will come to gather the plums and bring the harvest home
02:40 Bring the harvest home, bring the harvest home
02:47 The people will come to gather the plums and bring the harvest home
02:53 [Instrumental]
03:14 Bring the harvest home, bring the harvest home
03:20 The people will come to gather the plums and bring the harvest home
03:30 [Instrumental]
03:43 [Instrumental]
04:11 [Instrumental]
04:33 [Instrumental]
04:53 (gentle music)