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Ash Groves

“Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander 
When twilight is fading I pensively rove,
Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander 
Amid the dark shades of the lonely Ash Grove.
‘Tis there where the blackbird is cheerfully singing,
Each warbler enchants with his note from the tree,
Ah, then little I think of sorrow or sadness, 
The Ash Grove enchanting spells beauty for me.”
 
Wales to me,
Though stranger to my step,
Like the Ash groves on rolling mountains
Blackbirds warble - long days of summer’s smile;

A pensive rover with my Welsh companions
Of Corgi’s, wily terriers
About my feet;

                                           Honoring a Red Dragon, in this land of song
                                           Where songs bequeathed to my heart -
                                           Sung before my time - left for me sing;

In lyrics of canaries free of cages
Rising up from deep shafts of dark coal
Sing out their freedom;

                                           Still heard in voyages ‘cross the Celtic Sea –
                                           Pensive legends of home
                                           ‘Cross turbulent oceans;–

Finding rolling mountains to climb
Upon Liberty’s broad wings
To Ash groves of white and blue;

                                           Ne’er forgetting Rock Rose or Snowden Lily
                                           The Red Kite soaring 
                                           High up in Welsh hearts;

No more to pensively roam
Through new ash groves of freedom
In this new land of song -
New land of song.

“The ash grove, how graceful how plainly ‘tis speaking
The harp thro’ it playing has language for me…
The Ash Grove alone is my home.”

Based on the Welsh folk song “Ash Grove.”
Song form AABAABA
Part of my family came from Wales to Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1800’s.  Their last name was Henderson.
7-2-20
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