[id:$00000000] [ar:] [ti:] [by:] [00:00.00]North Country Song (Rain On The Mountainside) - Jake Thackray [00:08.38]The rain is on the mountainside [00:11.84]The beast is in the silent meadow [00:15.16]The north countryside is patiently [00:17.79]Waiting again [00:21.25]Blackbird is dumb in the juniper [00:24.67]Lapwing shivers in the dripping thicket [00:28.72]Down in the stone-faced town [00:31.30]One door opens [00:34.90]For though the weather blow wild [00:37.18]I see the shepherd step [00:38.58]Up to his moorside [00:41.66]And in despite of the cold [00:43.81]The poor farmer going to [00:45.78]His meadow below [00:48.81]Going to his meadow below [00:59.76]When the birch tree is agonised [01:02.95]And when the little river is tormented [01:06.65]The land on its knees [01:08.33]The house on its hunkers [01:12.81]There is a figure moving by the wall [01:15.90]Leaning for breath upon a stony shoulder [01:19.90]His eyes to the skies seldom lifted [01:26.13]For though the weather blow wild [01:28.55]I see the shepherd step [01:29.70]Up to his moorside [01:32.93]And in despite of the cold [01:35.49]The poor farmer going to [01:37.03]His meadow below [01:40.17]Going to his meadow below [01:51.36]North-country countryside [01:54.41]The grim indifference of your nature [01:57.19]Most other men would turn [02:00.18]Stumbling homeward [02:04.19]But this one is a different kind [02:07.09]He knows the pinches of [02:08.21]An older hunger [02:10.31]A greater storm than [02:11.53]Yours in his heart rages [02:16.85]For though the weather blow wild [02:19.29]I see the shepherd whistling [02:20.57]On his moorside [02:23.52]And in despite of the cold [02:25.60]The poor farmer singing in [02:27.64]His meadow below [02:31.49]Singing in his meadow below