Stockford Carol

 Stockford Carol 

This is instrumental but I thought it would be fun to add lyrics. Changing lyrics is easier in the sense that the phrasing is already somewhat laid out, and sometimes a small adjustment is all that is required, playing off the words already there.   

   

On through the frozen field I walked  

Under the falling snow  

Crunching and frozen crystals yield   

Under footsteps falling slow  

Under footsteps falling slowly on  

And moving o'er solid ground  

Moving over solid ground  

The sugar plum fairies' hidden mound.  

  

(refrain?)  

We laugh and play   

All through the day  

And lift warm drinks at night  

Again, again   

The season sends  

Good cheer and spirits light.  

 

 

(Still working on 2 more verses) 

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