When long shadows fall and dwarf the trees at evening

When white winter light burnishes the streams

The I will bring you a coat of soft lamb's wool

To keep your back from the keen northern wind

When snow shames the sheep that huddles to the leawood

When snow drops peep form darkness unfurled

Then I will bring you boots with fur linings

To keep your feet dry as you walk o'er the world

When home becomes a prison and snow drifts lock the door

When February fill dyke drenches the moor

When black rain freezes and whips at your hand

Then I will bring a carriage with wheels of wind

To take you away from this barren land