When long shadows fall and dwarf the trees at evening When white winter light burnishes the streams The I will bring you a coat of soft lamb's wool To keep your back from the keen northern wind When snow shames the sheep that huddles to the leawood When snow drops peep form darkness unfurled Then I will bring you boots with fur linings To keep your feet dry as you walk o'er the world When home becomes a prison and snow drifts lock the door When February fill dyke drenches the moor When black rain freezes and whips at your hand Then I will bring a carriage with wheels of wind To take you away from this barren land