Adam Broome?
Lullula arborea alaudidae Lullula [lusinea] alaudidae
There is a land I know right well Far beyond this ocean’s swell Where calling [loves] and plovers dwell And all is green and growing Where I’ll away before the day To walk the dewy footpath way In fields where scarlet poppies sway And gentle winds are blowing High above these wooded vales Through beech trees bent by autumn gales The sun arises like a grail For weather tides are flowing Chorus: There was a time when you were young Oh how soon that time was wrung Like summer leaves you’ve grown and gone Now winter skies are snowing By the churchyard wall you [rang] While flowers their blooms gone by No comfort for the tears I cry Greaving at your growing I’ve yet to find another place Where I feel the wind’s embrace It fills me with a loving grace And sets my mind to knowing Knowing that I feel you near In spirit and in memories dear Perchance I’ll turn and find you here When we were young and growing