POEM to the beauty of WINCOBANK HILL

[Heartshome]

Don't know how many of you good folks have heard of this poem, but I've just come across it in an old book.

It was written in the 1800s by JOHN NIXON of Wincobank. So delightful, but Oh! how the scene has changed from then!

'On Nature's vast grandeurs we look with delight,

The scene all around is a beautiful sight,

The flowers with fragrance the air they do fill,

These are the productions of Wincobank Hill.

How lovely, delightful, transporting it looks,

All around we see forests and meadows and brooks,

Where sweet purling waters down the valleys do rill,

These are the beauties of Wincobank Hill.'

At least over the past years, efforts have been made to revive some of Natures treasures.  

[Alchemia]

How lovely! 

Less culturally, a friend of mine used to replace the lyrics of the Elvis/Fats Domino song to this...

I found my thrill
On Wincobank Hill
On Wincobank Hill
When I found you

The moon stood still
On Wincobank Hill
And lingered until
My dream came true

The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows you made
Were never to be

Though we're apart
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Wincobank Hill

The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were only to be

Though we're apart
You're part of me still
For you were my thrill
On Wincobank Hill

 

Original songwriters: V. Rose / A. Lewis / L. Stock

Blueberry Hill lyrics © Chappell & Co., Inc., Redwood Music Ltd, Larry Stock Music Co