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The Lamention of the Old Pensioner (Yeats)

from Poetry and Music 2 by Toby Darling

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THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER

by: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

G#m F#
ALTHOUGH I shelter from the rain
C#m
Under a broken tree
C#m B
My chair was nearest to the fire
F#m
In every company
B F#m
That talked of love or politics,
G#m A
Ere Time transfigured me.

Though lads are making pikes again
For some conspiracy,
And crazy rascals rage their fill
At human tyranny,
My contemplations are of Time
That has transfigured me.

Bm F#m
There's not a woman turns her face
D A
Upon a broken tree,
D A
And yet the beauties that I loved
Bm
Are in my memory;
F#m A B
I spit into the face of Time
C#7 F#m A B C#7
That has transfigured me.

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from Poetry and Music 2, released April 20, 2016

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Toby Darling Penang, Malaysia

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