High Summer on the Mountains
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007High Summer on the Mountains High summer on the mountains And on the clover leas, And on the local sidings, And on the rhubarb leaves. Brass bands in all the valleys Blaring defiant tunes, Crowds, acclaiming carnival, Prize pigs and wooded spoons Dust on shabby hedgerows Behind the colliery wall, Dust on rail and girder And tram and prop and all. High summer ...