The Way Through the Woods (Rudyard Kipling)

Check out all of my Kipling songs at https://suno.com/playlist/e7734351-134d-4907-a64d-b7843d34d399 . ================= [Verse 1] They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know [Bridge 1] There was once a road through the woods Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath, And the thin anemones. [Verse 2] Only the keeper sees That, where the ring-dove broods, And the badgers roll at ease, There was once a road through the woods. [Verse 3] Yet, if you enter the woods Of a summer evening late, When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools Where the otter whistles his mate, [Bridge 2] "They fear not men in the woods, Because they see so few." You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, And the swish of a skirt in the dew, [Verse 4] Steadily cantering through The misty solitudes, As though they perfectly knew The old lost road through the woods... But there is no road through the woods === Sheet Music (ABC Format: convertible to WAV, MIDI, or full sheet music) === X:1 T:The Way Through the Woods A:Isaac AI / Suno C:Rudyard Kipling L:1/4 Q:1/2=122 M:4/4 K:C z4 | "Am" z2 "Em" z/ F/E/E/ | "Am" A2 "Em" z B/c/ | "Am" A2 "Em" z2 | w: |They shut the|road through the|woods| "Am" A/B/ c "Em" f e | "Am" e z "C" e/d/ c | "Dm" d c/B/ "Am" c/B/ A | "Dm" A2 "Am" z A | w: se- ven- ty- years a-|go Wea- ther and|rain hav un- done it a-|gain and| "Em" B B/B/ "Bm" c/ "Em" B3/2 | B z e/f/e/c/ | "Am" A2 "Em" e d | "Am" e2 "Em" z A | w: now you would ne- ver|know There was once a|road through the|woods Be-| "Am" A B "C" c f/e/ | "Am" e2 "Em" z e/c/ | "C" d/ c3/2 "Am" c A | "Dm" c/c/ B "Am" B B/A/ | w: fore they plan- ted the|trees. It is|un- der- neath the|cop- pice and heath and the| "Em" B "Bm" B3/2 c/ B | "Em" B2 z2 | "Dm" F F/F/ "F" F/ G3/2 | "Dm" F2 "F" z F | w: thin a- ne- mo|nes.|On- ly the kee *|sees That| "Am" E3/2 E/ "Em" E F | "Am" E2 "Em" z E/E/ | "B" ^D D "D#m" D D/D/ | "B" ^D D/D/ B, B, | w: where the ring doves|brood and the|bad- gers roll at his|ease there was once a| "Em" E2 "Dm" D C | "Em" B,2 E E/E/ | "Am" A2 "Em" B c | "Am" A2 "Em" z A/A/ | w: road through the|woods Yet if you|en- ter the|woods Of a| "Am" A B "Em" c f | "Am" e2 "C" z c/c/ | "Dm" d c "Am" c B/A/ | "Dm" B A "Am" A A/A/ | w: sum- mer eve- ning|late When the|night air coos on the|trout ringe pools When the| "Em" B/ B B/ "Bm" c B | "Em" B2 z E | "Dm" F F "F" F F/G/ | "Dm" F2 "Am" z F | w: ot- ter whis- tles his|mate They|fear not men in the|woods Be-| "Am" E E "Em" E D | "Am" E2 "Em" z E/E/ | "B" ^D D D B,/B,/ | "B" ^D D "Em" D B,/B,/ | w: cause they see so|few You will|hear the beat of a|horse- 's feet, And the| "Em" E E/E/ E D/C/ | "Em" B,2 z/ E/E/E/ | "Am" A2 "Em" B c | "Am" A2 "Em" z A | w: swish of a skirt in the|dew stea- di- ly|can- ter- ing|through The| "Am" A B "Em" c f | "Am" e2 "Em" z e | "Dm" d c "Am" c/B/ A | "Dm" A2 "Am" z A | w: mis- ty so- li-|tudes As|though they per- fect- ly|knew The| "Em" B B "E" B A/^G/ | "Am" A2 "Em" z2 | "Dm" z2 "Am" z A/A/ | "Em" B B "E" B A/^G/ | w: old lost road through the|woods...|But there|is no road through *| "Am" A2 z2 |] w: woods.|