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Windy Nights

from The Going Away by Helen Dorothy

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A rearranged version of a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, from his Child’s Book of Garden Verse.

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Windy Nights
© Helen Dorothy (2006)

Whenever the moon and the stars are set
Whenever the wind is high
All night long in the dark and the wet
A man goes riding by
Late in the night when the fire’s are out
Why does he gallop and gallop about?
By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again

By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again

Whenever the trees are crying aloud
And ships are tossed at sea
By on the highway, low and loud,
By at the gallop goes he
Late in the night when the fire’s are out
Why does he gallop and gallop about?
By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again

By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again

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from The Going Away, released April 1, 2009
Helen Dorothy - vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion
Robbie Duncan - acoustic guitar

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Helen Dorothy is “an acoustic folk artist in an honest sense” (NZ Musician, 2009). She writes "beautifully-crafted, intelligent songs rich in memorable imagery" (fRoots Magazine, Jan 2014).

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