Tit for Tat
Am
Have you been catching fish, Tom Noddy?
Am
Have you snared a weeping hare?
C G F Em
Have you whistled 'No Nunny' and gunned a poor bunny,
Am G Am
Or blinded a bird of the air?
Have you trod like a murderer through the green woods,
Through the dewy deep dingles and glooms,
While every small creature screamed shrill to Dame Nature
'He comes - and he comes!'?
D Am
Wonder I very much do,Tom Noddy,
F G Am
If ever, when off you roam,
C Dm Em F
An ogre from space will stoop a lean face,
Am G Am
And lug you home:
Lug you home over his fence, Tom Noddy,
Of thorn-sticks nine yards high,
With your bent knees strung round his old iron gun
And your head a dan-dangling by:
And hung you up stiff on a hook, Tom Noddy,
From a stone-cold pantry shelf,
Whence your eyes will glare in an empty stare,
Till you are cooked yourself!
Walter de la Mare
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnUJDhleNZY
THE long small room (Edward Thomas)
A G D
THE long small room that showed willows in the west
A G Bm
Narrowed up to the end the fireplace filled,
A G D Em
Although not wide. I liked it. No one guessed
G A Bm
What need or accident made them so build.
A D A
Only the moon, the mouse, and the sparrow peeped
Bm A G
In from the ivy round the casement thick.
Am D
Of all they saw and heard there they shall keep
F C A7
The tale for the old ivy and older brick.
When I look back I am like moon, sparrow, and mouse
That witnessed what they could never understand
Or alter or prevent in the dark house.
One thing remains the same--this is my right hand
Crawling crab-like over the clean white page,
Resting awhile each morning on the pillow,
Then once more starting to crawl on towards age.
The hundred last leaves stream upon the willow.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYK21w_0rEU
Knight-in-Armour
by A. A. Milne
E Dm
Whenever I'm a shining Knight,
Am Dm
I buckle on my armour tight;
E Am
And then I look about for things,
E Dm Am
Like Rushings-out, and Rescuings,
Dm E Am
And Savings from the Dragon's Lair,
Dm
And fighting all the Dragons there.
Am Dm - E7
And sometimes when our fights begin,
Am - E7 Am
I think I'll let the Dragons win ...
E Dm Am
And then I think perhaps I won't,
Dm E Am
Because they're Dragons, and I don't.
The Friend
A7
There are lots and lots of people who are always asking things,
C#7
Like Dates and Pounds-and-ounces and the names of funny Kings,
D A C#7 D
And the answer's always Sixpence or A Hundred Inches Long.
F C G A7
And I know they'll think me silly if I get the answer wrong.
So Pooh and I go whispering, and Pooh looks very bright,
And says, "Well, I say sixpence, but I don't suppose I'm right."
And then it doesn't matter what the answer ought to be,
F C G Am
'Cos if he's right, I'm Right, and if he's wrong, it isn't Me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkGw6JzYdOg
End of year Haikus
Last day of the year
We creep and cough all day long
To Armageddon
John made me a pie
I tried to feed to robin
But he prefers worms
Now we are two tribes
Friends of many years hate me
They are sheep, me owl
Late night at Bar End
Waiting for her coach alone
Home, I'm still alone
We love to watch darts
Ally Pally fantastich!
(Deutsch TV is free)
TJD
31/12/2022
1. C Dm, C F, Am Dm Am
2. x3233x Gm, F Dm Gm, F Gm
3. riff Em, Riff C, Bm C riff B7
4. Em Bm C G Am, Dm G Am
5. riff, riff, E A-E E B E
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01fVzRWxoq0
Blood Moon
Em D Am Bm
Don’t gaze at the stars tonight
Em G Am Bm
While the moon’s in our shadow
Em D Am Bm
When the devil can control the light
G D Am
And our fortunes fade in the red glow
G D Am
Close your curtains don’t head outside
G C B7
Bury your head in a soft pillow
Em F#m G Am
Satan’s waiting for a blink from your eye
B7
And tempting you with a crimson rainbow
Em D Em B7
There’s a blood moon in the sky
G D Em
Shining down on this sad world
Em D Em B7
And there’s people dying asking why
G D Em D
We let ourselves become ruled
B7 C G
By those who only wish us pain
F B7
While getting rich, the sons of Cain
Don’t believe a word that is said
By scientists wooed by filthy lucre
Politician drunk with power in their heads
And businessman who can’t see the bigger picture
[chorus]
C D Em Am
Let the blood rain clean the sin in our hearts
G B7
Wash away the evil, let’s make a new start
[chorus]
TJD 31/5/21
Note: 2nd Chorus begins with G chord and not Em
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HERKCXHmm0w
A 7 mile walk starting in Whitchurch then along the River Test to Laverstoke then back via a loop to the south.
There is an account of the walk here:
http://tobydarling.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/laverstoke-walk-27th-april-2018.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO9ZGbBUr84
Four English dances from Playford's Dancing Master of 1694, arranged for guitar trio.
Scores, midi and playalong versions can be downloaded free from:
http://www.free-scores.com/Download-PDF-Sheet-Music-tobydarling.htm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHNt90vgVOk
This is a song I wrote in 1995. I recorded it again a few months ago as an acoustic version and put it up here. I wanted to also record a heavier version so did a remix on it and added some more stuff.
The video is of the Mill at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IULCqzJu7A8
A series of 5 gardens we visited today around Amport and Monxton in Hampshire, as part of the National Garden Scheme (www.ngs.org.uk)
Thanks to those who so kindly opened their beautiful gardens to the public, and for the excellent cream tea in the parish hall afterwards.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6f4Ooo8mI