Tuesday 17 April 2012

The Field of Air






An audio piece about changing landscapes, loss of habitat, and abandoned airfields.


plough and sow and reap and hoe
plough and sow and reap and hoe
plough and sow and reap and hoe
plough and sow and reap and hoe
plough and sow and reap and hoe
plough and sow and reap and hoe

a host of sparrows
a charm of goldfinches
a watch of nightingales
a tidings of magpies
an unkindness of ravens
a siege of bitterns
a desert of lapwings
a bevy of quail
a gaggle of geese
a flight of swallows
a clattering of jackdaws
a herd of curlews
a wisp of snipe
a chime of wrens
a murder of crows
a murmeration of starlings
a parliament of rooks
a swarm of spitfires
a squadron of bombers
an exultation of larks

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the lark in the clear air
the lark in the clear air
rising up high
singing so sweetly

a swarm of spitfires
a squadron of bombers
rising up high
singing so sweetly

the lark in the clear air
the lark in the clear air
rising up high
singing so sweetly

rising up high
singing so sweetly



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