Eight Nursery Rhymes Op. 19A No. 7
If all the seas were one sea
H. Walford Davies (1869-1941) Sir Henry Walford Davies
(1869-1941) was born in Oswestry on the England-Wales border. As a child, he learned to play many instruments in an informal band with his brothers, cousins and friends. He became a chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor; then entered the Royal College of Music, studying under Parry and Stanford. He taught at the Royal College of Music, Aberystwyth University, and Gresham College, with Leopold Stokowski among his notable students. He served as organist at numerous churches including St Anne's Church, Soho; Christ Church, Hampstead; and Temple Church. He became the first director of music to the Royal Air Force and organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. He was a well-known and popular radio personality through his broadcasts on classical music and held the title Master of the King's Musick from 1934 until his death.
If all the seas were one sea What a great sea that would be! And if all the trees were one tree What a great tree that would be! If all the men were one man What a great man he would be! And if all the axes were one axe What a great axe that would be! And if the great man Took the great axe And cut down the great tree, And let it fall into the great sea, What a splish-splash that would be! If all the seas were one sea
H. Walford Davies
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