Part 2/2 - Butterworth "Songs from A Shropshire Lad" - Thomas Allen & Geoffrey Parsons

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Part 2/2 of George Butterworth's "Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad" (settings of Housman's poems) Thomas Allen, baritone Geoffrey Parsons, piano Paris, 2 March 1981 This recording was my introduction to this wonderful song cycle. Magnificent poetry, magnificent settings and magnificent performance... 4. Think no more, lad Think no more, lad; laugh, be jolly; Why should men make haste to die? Empty heads and tongues a-talking Make the rough road easy walking, And the feather pate of folly ...