7 JULY 1950, Page 18

Words for Singing

THERE was a bird all summer sang, winging its five white notes. - There was a bird all summer long singing the one bright song away, la ti la fe ray.

It sang in the hawthorn and the briar, winging its five white notes, it sang in the meadow and the mere, singing the one bright song away,

la ti la fe ray.

It sang last night as never before, winging its five white notes: we shall never hear it more singing the one bright song away, /a ti la fe ray.

For the summer has come and gone away winging its five white notes: we shall never again see the bleaching hay or hear the bird of yesterday singing the one bright song away, la ti la fe ray. JAMES KIRKUP.