Story Behind The Song

INSPIRED BY A FAIR BIT OF BRITISH IMAGERY THAT I'D BEEN PONDERING AS I WAS WRITING SONGS FOR A SHAKESPEAREAN SINGING GROUP. AND BY THE FACT THAT I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED GETTING UP EARLY AS THE SUN COMES UP

Song Description

GETTIN UP EARLY AND GOING FOR A RIDE WITH YOUR HORSE AND DOG

Lyrics

EARLY AWAY

ON THE MORN OF SUMMERS DAY
WITH THE TREED AN FLOWERED BREEZES
AND THE WORLD WAS QUIET STILL
BUT FOR THE BIRDS AND FOR THE BIRDS
AND AS THE EASTERN SUN DID CAST IT?S PAINT UPON THE VALLEY
IT FOUND MY HORSE MY HOUND AND I EARLY AWAY

(CHORUS)
FOR TO RUN THE JERSEY LAND
RUN THE JERSEY LAND
RUN THE JERSEY LAND A GLOWING
RUN THE JERSEY LAND
RUN THE JERSEY LAND
RUN THE JERSEY LAND AGAIN

SO CLEAN SO CLEAN THE SKY
WHAT E?R BEFELL THE EYE WAS BEAUTY
AND THE HORSE DID CANTER SMOOTH AND STRONG
AND THE HOUND WAS THERE BESIDE
WE BROKE THE MORNIN DEW
AND CUT THE RIVER?S MIST A RISING
AND THE EACH OF US WE KNEW THIS JOY EARLY AWAY

(CHORUS)

AND WE RAMBLED IN THE HILLS
AND WE SCAMPERED THROUGH THE LOWLANDS
AND THE HOURS SPENT WERE PERFECT TIME
TIL HOME AGAIN AND HOME AGAIN
NOW THE DAY FULL HALF HAS TURNED
BUT FOR WE TIS MORE COMPLETED
TO HAVE SEEN THE WORLD BEFORE THE WORLD EARLY AWAY

(CHORUS)



WORDS AND MUSIC Ross Douglas SOCAN