NORMANDY
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From the French of Bérat) When all the land’s alive againWith winter far away,And heaven over France againIs fairer than to-day,When spring puts off her gray for green,And swallows all return--Then I’ll go back to Normandy,The land where I was born. I know the fields of Switzerland,The peaks and icy meres;I know the skies of Italy,I know the gondoliers;But let me wander where I will,I say that I’ll returnTo Normandy, my Normandy,The land where I was born. At last there comes a time to usWhen all dreams lose their glow;There comes a time when in our soulsWe need the long ago;So when my songs are cold in me,And love will not return--Then I’ll go back to Normandy,The land where I was born.
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