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Because.

(this is just a `stood alone` part of a sadder poem)

 

I`m singing because...


 
I get so happy at the kindnesses folk do,
At the way the summer sunshine glory lights
The young girl`s eyes, the old man`s silver hair,
White walls, and all the thousand things men make,
That the sheer gladness over-swells my heart
And only a jubilate sets it free.

 

I sing sometimes, Just for the sake of the singing,

(But mainly for the song`s sake).

I`m singing because...

...I`m a singer.
 

◄ Miracle of wondrous canal lock

Clang! ►

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 17th Jan 2017 18:58

It's an intriguing aspect of human happiness that when it
occurs it is invariably accompanied by the desire to
sing a song, or whistle or hum a tune. There is something
wonderfully intangible about the need for the tangible.
Make light of strife
Sing along with life!

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John Coopey

Mon 16th Jan 2017 23:03

I suspect we'd all be happier to read about your singing, Harry, than hear it!
I love the use of the word "jubilate" as a noun, redolent of the psalms, perfectly suited to the tone of spirituality in this.

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