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YV6003

The windmill

poem by William Soutar (1898-1943)
set to music by Sheena Phillips

for childrens's chorus (two parts)
and piano

SA performance time approx 1m 45s

from

Three Soutar songs

Composer's note

William Soutar's poems for children make wonderful use of the Scots language, to which he was dedicated. This is a clunking jirging piece about an 'auld man' (the windmill) who creaks noisily when his arms go round. The other two songs in this set of Soutar pieces for children are The muckle man and The princess Anastasia (both published by Canasg).

Music

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Words

The Windmill

An auld man stands abune the hill:
Crick-crack, crick-crack
He's unco comfie gin he's still:
Crick-crack, crick-crack creeshie

But whan his airms flee round and round:
Crick-crack, crick-crack
He deaves the clachan wi' his sound:
Crick-crack, crick-crack creeshie

His spauls jirg on like murlin stanes:
Crick-crack, crick-crack
The weet has roustit a' his banes:
Crick-crack, crick-crack creeshie
The weet has roustit a' his banes;
Crick-crack, crick-crack creeshie

William Soutar

Thanks to the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, who hold William Soutar's copyright, for permission to reproduce this poem. Before performing or recording this setting, please inform the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW, Scotland; tel +44-131-226 4531.

English transliteration

An old man stands at the top of the hill
He's very comfy when he's still
But when his arms fly round and round
He deafens the village with his sound
His joints creak on like crumbling stones
The wet has rusted all his bones

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see the first... song in the cycle

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