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another autumn leaf song ( a b a b c b c b d b d b e b e b )
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we whistle so in sodden air as minstrels mince with harps on sleeves the apple's flown & swan's the pear the hay is stacked, the barn is sheaves we hum a beat - drum under grey it's dust & dung's the beetle's heaves as even creeps & steals the day as witches stitch the weasel's weaves & on as goslings skein the sky as garrick fly & lichen breathes a dog, a goat, a ghost & i - the wonky slates of woodland's eaves we see them green then see them glow before the snow falls thick as thieves a wave, a trudge & crunch bellow a swan, a song of autumn leaves ...