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A. E. Housman

A. E. Housman

166 songs
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1922
Single
Jan 1922
Her Strong Enchantments Failing
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Single
Jan 1922
Her Strong Enchantments Failing
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1896
Album
Feb 1896
A Shropshire Lad

63 tracks

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Album
Feb 1896
A Shropshire Lad

63 tracks

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#1
Say, lad, have you things to do
#2
The Isle Of Portland
#3
Look not in my eyes, for fear
#4
On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble
#5
“My Dreams Are of A Field Afar”
#6
Into my heart an air that kills
#7
“Terence, this is stupid stuff”
#8
From Clee to heaven the beacon burns

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A Shropshire Lad
63 tracks · 1896

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Say, lad, have you things to do

XXIV Say, lad, have you things to do? Quick then, while your day's at prime. Quick, and if 'tis work for two, Here am I, man: now's your tim…

The Isle Of Portland

LIX The star-filled seas are smooth to-night From France to England strown; Black towers above the Portland light The felon-quarried stone. …

Look not in my eyes, for fear

XV Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me. O…

On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble

XXXI On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble; His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves; The gale, it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn…

“My Dreams Are of A Field Afar”

My dreams are of a field afar And blood and smoke and shot There in their graves my comrades are, In my grave I am not. I too was taught the…

Into my heart an air that kills

XL Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That…

“Terence, this is stupid stuff”

LXII " Terence, this is stupid stuff: You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink yo…

From Clee to heaven the beacon burns

I From Clee to heaven the beacon burns, The shires have seen it plain, From north and south the sign returns And beacons burn again. Look le…

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

II Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. N…

Her Strong Enchantments Failing

Her strong enchantments failing, Her towers of fear in wreck, Her limbecks dried of poisons And the knife at her neck, The Queen of air and …

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166

Songs on Lyrks

1

Albums

103

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A. E. Housman is a music artist with 166 songs on Lyrks.

Popular tracks by A. E. Housman include Say, lad, have you things to do, The Isle Of Portland, Look not in my eyes, for fear, On Wenlock Edge the wood’s in trouble, “My Dreams Are of A Field Afar”. Browse full lyrics on Lyrks.

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