Fields of Gold.

"Fields Of Gold"

 

You'll remember me when the west wind moves

 Upon the fields of barley

 You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky

 As we walk in fields of gold

 

 So she took her love

 For to gaze awhile

 Upon the fields of barley

 In his arms she fell as her hair came down

 Among the fields of gold

 

 Will you stay with me, will you be my love

 Among the fields of barley

 We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky

 As we lie in fields of gold

 

 See the west wind move like a lover so

 Upon the fields of barley

 Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth

 Among the fields of gold

 I never made promises lightly

 And there have been some that I've broken

 But I swear in the days still left

 We'll walk in fields of gold

 We'll walk in fields of gold

 

 Many years have passed since those summer days

 Among the fields of barley

 See the children run as the sun goes down

 Among the fields of gold

 You'll remember me when the west wind moves

 Upon the fields of barley

 You can tell the sun in his jealous sky

 When we walked in fields of gold

 When we walked in fields of gold

 When we walked in fields of gold 

 

This isn’t Barley but Wheat growing not far from Heathrow Airport in a field that has only just survived development.

It should have been harvested some time ago, it was bone dry.

I took this photo last week but the farmer’s don’t employ anyone any more – they are waiting for a contractor to get round to doing it for them.

This week it’s raining and if they are unlucky the crop could be spoilt by the damp.

In 2010 I had four days holiday on the North York Moors and was thinking of Sting’s song as I walked the coast path from Port Mulgan to Staithes. On my right the North Sea, ahead of me the ancient fisherman’s harbour where a young Captain Cook worked in a grocers shop, dreaming of Whitby and the sea.

 

Ahead as the path swooped downhill, fields of barley painted golden by the sun, waved in the wind.

Neil Harris

(a don’t stop till you drop production)

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