Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) - Winter Words, Op. 52 - Wagtail and Baby (A Satire) | Текст песни

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• Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
• Winter Words, Op. 52 - Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)

A baby watched a ford, whereto
A wagtail came for drinking;
A blaring bull went wading through,
The wagtail showed no shrinking.
A stallion splashed his way across,
The birdie nearly sinking;
He gave his plumes a twitch and toss,
And held his own unblinking.

Next saw the baby round the spot
A mongrel slowly slinking;
The wagtail gazed, but faltered not
In dip and sip and prinking.

A perfect gentleman then neared;
The wagtail, in a winking,
With terror rose and disappeared;
The baby fell a-thinking.

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)