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sir john betjeman - harrow-on-the-hill lyrics

when melancholy autumn comes to wembley
and electric trains are lighted after tea
the poplars near the stadium are trembly
with their tap and tap and whispering to me
like the sound of little breakers
spreading out along the surf+line
when the estuary’s filling
with the sea

then harrow+on+the+hill’s a rocky island
and harrow churchyard full of sailor’s graves
and the constant cl!ck and kissing of the trolley buses hissing
is the level of thе wealdstone turned to wavеs
and the rumble of the railway
is the thunder of the rollers
as they gather for the plunging
into caves
there’s a storm cloud to the westward over kenton
there’s a line of harbour lights at perivale
is it rounding rough pentire in a flood of sunset fire
the little fleet of trawlers under sail?
can those boats be only roof tops
as they stream along the skyline
in a race for port and padstow
with the gale?

- sir john betjeman lyrics

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