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C J Dennis - When The Sun`s Behind The Hill
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There`s a soft and peaceful feeling
Comes across the farming hand
As the shadows go a-stealing
Slow along the new-turned land.
The lazy curling smoke above the thatch is showing blue,
And the weary old plough horses wander homeward two `n` two,
With their chains a`clinkin`, clankin`, when their daily toil is through,
And the sun`s behind the hill.
Then it`s slowly homeward plodding
As the night begins to creep,
And the barley grass is nodding
To the daisies, all asleep,
The crows are flying heavily, and cawing overhead;
The sleepy milking cows are lowing sof`ly in the shed,
And above them, in the rafters, all the fowls have gone to bed,
When the sun`s behind the hill.
Then it`s "Harry, feed old Roaney!"
And it`s "Bill, put up the rail!"
And it`s "Tom, turn out the pony!"
"Mary, hurry with the pail!"
And the kiddies run to meet us, and are begging for a ride
On the broad old "Prince" and "Darkey" they can hardly sit astride;
And mother, she is bustling with the supper things inside,
When the sun`s behind the hill.
Then it`s sitting down and yarning
When we`ve had our bite and sup,
And the mother takes her darning,
And Bess tells how the baldy cow got tangled in the wire,
And Katie keeps the baby-boy from tumbling in the fire;
And the baccy smoke goes curling as I suck my soothing briar,
When the sun`s behind the hill.
And we talk about the season,
And of how it`s turning out,
And we try to guess the reason
For the long-continued drought,
Oh! a farmer`s life ain`t roses and his work is never done:
And a job`s no sooner over than another is begun.
For he`s toiling late and early from the rising of the sun
Till he sinks behind the hill.
But it grows, that peaceful feeling
While I`m sitting smoking there,
And the kiddies all are kneeling
To repeat their ev`ning prayer;
For it seems, somehow, to lighten all the care that must be bore
When the things of life are worrying, and times are troubling sore;
And I pray that God will keep them when my own long-day is o`er,
And the sun`s behind the hill.
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