Three songs to poems by Thomas Hardy - 3-John Ireland

[00:13.37]This is the weather the cuckoo likes, [00:17.31]And so do I; [00:20.28]When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, [00:24.61]And nestlings fly; [00:28.73]And the little brown nightingale bills his best, [00:33.17]And they sit outside at 'The Traveller's Rest,' [00:37.34]And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest, [00:41.06]And citizens dream of the south and west, [00:49.72]And so do I. [00:53.35] [01:04.87]This is the weather the shepherd shuns, [01:09.10]And so do I; [01:13.93]When beeches drip in browns and duns, [01:18.51]And thresh and ply; [01:24.50]And hill-hid tides throb, throe on throe, [01:29.09]And meadow rivulets overflow, [01:32.86]And drops on gate bars hang in a row, [01:38.14]And rooks in families homeward go, [01:45.70]And so do I.