In Flanders by Ivor Gurney

David McFerrin, baritone Jerry Noble, piano "Angel Spirits: Music of World War 1" November 11, 2016 Smith College In Flanders (1917) text by Frederick William Harvey (1888-1957) I’m homesick for my hills again – My hills again! To see above the Severn plain, Unscabbarded against the sky, The blue high blade of Cotswold lie; The giant clouds go royally By jagged Malvern with a train Of Shadows. Where the land is low Like a huge imprisoning O I hear a heart that’s sound and high, I hear the heart within my cry: I’m homesick for my hills again – My hills again! Cotswold or Malvern, sun or rain! My hills again!