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Wood for Burning

from Gandiegow by Neil Thomson

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about

The words are believed to have been written by Lady Celia Congreve and first published in
the Times on the 2nd March 1930 as ‘the Firewood Song’. The poem gives a sense of the
significance and reverence of wood that existed in a world before the convenience of electricity.

lyrics

Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year; 

Store your beech for Christmastide 

With new-cut holly laid beside; 


Chestnut’s only good, they say, 

If for years ‘tis stored away; 

Birch and fir-wood burn too fast 

Blaze too bright and do not last; 


Flames from larch will shoot up high, 

Dangerously the sparks will fly; 

But ash-wood green and ash-wood brown 

Are fit for a Queen with a golden crown. 



Oaken logs, if dry and old, 

Keep away the winter’s cold; 

Poplar gives a bitter smoke, 

Fills your eyes and makes you choke; 


Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,
Even the very flames are cold; 

It is by the Irish said; 

Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread, 


Apple-wood will scent the room, 

Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom; 

But ash-wood wet and ash-wood dry 

A King may warm his slippers by 



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from Gandiegow, released June 4, 2016

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Neil Thomson Crieff, UK

Neil's writing is mainly but not solely inspired by his native Scotland. It's roots, people, tradition and natural environment
provide inspiration for creating music in his own relaxed, gentle style.

He enjoys setting his music to traditional poems sung in Old Scots and in particular the poetry of Gerry Cambridge.
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