OPEN THE DOOR SOFTLY



Open the door softly

I've something to tell you dear

Open it up no wider

Than the crack upon the floor

Open the door softly

I've something to tell you dear



Warm summer grasses

Have whispered it in your ear

Skeins of shining waters

Ask you patiently for to hear

Tall lonely timbers

Have taught it to the deer



Sad winds in autumn

Will tell you as they pass by

Wild geese flying eastward

Leave their music in the sky

Listen at evening

And answer the wild birds cry



variously credited to Archie Fisher, Brendan Behan and Dion

Boucicault

recorded by Sara Grey

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