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T H E LA I'\05\'t-'OMA.N
Director of the lfomen·s Branch,
Board of Agriculture
A Song of England
rl~ 111 IU. 1 .\ unll
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Eo~tland tltal now
hnU e w r &In .
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<:o ~wee t 1t '" an•l ~ ~1 1 1:1
J'b t nont' "h~ \\1)rd .nn- n_ot as fl "' a" hm ts llf'<'ln 11
\nd n gal a~ h~" r mount3111:<,
\ml rnlrl1Bnt a~ Lhe fount.am,.,
Of n n!J rOI'ot' and hly l•l ow
IIIII(!S e>t I:ngl.'\Dd, the }1'1\fy W.nl'll or Ti:njllAnd .
given, nnd for the experience gai.nt'd. And F-o AIOnll W fh<'
h<'n flnwcnt ,'\'1'1' llf thei r W SJli' N,
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.\ nd iull Cif htfiP \\ h i~TYl\dll ll \\hlt(' r \\ln~t
And "1th t hr bylnrk hOWJ"1(
far ns the L .A.A.S. withclraw from the fields
\ l >0\'1' tlu• trr-t of lo~l"'t,
boY• th~ kl~'l And wht~~t thnt lrd th<- IO\'t'ly f'wlng
and farmyarlls, there will be a lo. s to tL<' .A Jllro•u:h
All, t h~ ~adt·s 0 1 En ~bnd , tht> f"TTIY glnlll't~ of I.nsut~
Urttll the way f"nn ound ht-r
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countryside of that spirit of joy in \\ ork, that
~pl"A)"& of ~J ay. and crownerl h!'r
healthy happy vitality-the trade mark of tlll' W1th With
6t ... rs ot f rO! ty bl~om m a Dlf'IT) DlOtrli ·Ting
l.nnd Armv.
Tbcro la n ~ons of Enaland thAt hnon~ htr hou~ of ~ t .
The clau1 o1 it and balm of Jt
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But wl1iie \\e are sad at tl1e bl'E'nk up of tlt\"\
re bn;ntht'd from e-rery ~d~row th:1t blu!ful, deeply ~rrateful, for
Fron• tht ("'f~ doors t hnt DlJ?htly
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tbelr nloomo out so brightly
the OJlportunity for sen"ice it has f,rivcn UB, f ot On th C.'a.'t !Ant's
~hen• laugbm~ cll1ldren are lll tt'd arul carr k d
tbe manifold r>xperience g:ai.ned, and for the Jl) the li:'nd"re t hAnd:' In England, hard and bll•~n d hauw of
nn~l nd:
door opened to\\ omP.n to take their place in tJH•
\nd from tb•• m•tlul sJgh1ng
0 ( Hll' «lcf'J"' n; that are lYJ D!r
agricultural life nf the country.
\\ lth th" arm« ot God around tJwm on the nitrllt · con(! nh d
lrea<.t.
By your "ork, your loyalty to your tenchcJs
your employers, you ha~-e sho'\\n what wonw11 n~ero •~ 11 OIJg (l( En~lnnd thn1 "1\"nnd~r<; on t he- wind
F.Ad 1t 1:! :\Ud g)nd 1t ia
c.an do and he in the mn~t important of our Tb:~t 'O ruru
who Jtrn r 1t madd( n and thei r cyc11 e re " ·rt and l ollOfl
l'or tit!! lowland-" and the higlililncl~
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nntionnl industJi s.
Of I hil llnl~Otf~ Jl l~lllndc:,
'l'hfl nr w LandworkeiR' .A . ~soci'ltion
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gi,·c~ llli
I or tlac hiAnd~ of t h< :Bil'~~'cd~tti the rer,t. t hfy )· l!'ft 1Jd und .
to mnk•' it a real succes.~.
rh~rc Is n c:on~t of ET•~land that ib.rJilo; IJ1c ht>atrng blood
\\1th humtug crtt>" and ye&m.Jn~
l thank you from my heart for the respoww
I .. ,,.s ol hldd n 8$pm~tton hardly knows1 or undPrritood :
you have nh\"'B.JS gh·en to the call I have made
.Asp1r lwn- OJ lhl' rn:nture
Tow'rol th" un•tv ot X at11rl.'
to you in the nn:me of t.bc Government. I wisl1 • udd~>n
clll\'3lnrs ~walm~t wbenct' the lomnnct 1. ren("'' d
that lmJ for I;ngland, liw and lo' "' and die lor
you '"ell in ''lu1tever po-.ition yon may Ill" fn tl" nl<'n
England:
c lied upon to fill in the future. May you haYt!
Dv the ru~ht or t~i r desire
l!ba.ll l!llndly blunder hitzhcr
each one of you, a happy Cllristmas, and reali.: e To A •.rfmy
"Id r, graudn Kmgdom. and A deept'r, noblr r Goo.l.
the jny and peaoe of that .holy season.
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There I n .son~ or En~tland that only God can hear;
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NOT I CE.
Jl, cry membe r of th e Ndtional A~sod.1tion of
f.;t~ nd wu mf' n s ho uld re.1d "The L1n dswoman,''
whic la ~ i ll (O nt.l in a ll the Assod dti on n ews.
A full r s> r( of the first Counci l M eetin~ will
clppe ctr i n the Janu.1ry issue.
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810tiOllsJy \1dOriOU..,,
It t\O..'U'I above thr rhonal stars thnt ~mg tbt' Gold('n 1't ar ;
Till (!\'1'0 the doudy 'lhad.O-n"S
'fhnt wand r o'e r btr mPado,~ ..
In llent pu rr!~ h~rmonaes declare llls ~lory thel'f',
AloiiJt the h1lls of England, the billO'I\'Y hillS of England ;
Whtle h A\'\' o rolls 1 \nd ranges
'l hrou ~h aU tbt~ mynad chAnges
'J'bat rrunor <'.00 10 mmic t o the m ortAl f'yc and car.
'fbero i~ n 110n" of Engllmtl that none ~hnll I'Vor srog ,
tJo IIWl'l't It ts nnd fle-et it Is
'l'ha.t noM who,;c words nro no~ u,; flf'.et. as l,lrdR 'Upon thl' wtng,
And l\'f(nlM her mountains,
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And radiant as
the tount.' lins
0 ( rnlnl.>ow-coloUN'd sea-spray that evrry wnvc cnu nlnlf
\1{.1in~t tlw clllh of En$flnnd, t he sturdy cll tfs of gogland,
Coulcl mol\• than ~m to dre nm ofit
Or C'a!ch on•· fir1n" p:k>am of it
\ bovu th • as ol EorlAnrl that newr cease to aio~.
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