The January Man-Bert Jansch

[ti:The January Man] [ar:Bert Jansch] [al:Dazzling Stranger] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The January Man - Bert Jansch [00:07.55]Oh the January man [00:10.68]He walks the road in woollen coat [00:13.11] [00:13.73]And boots of leather [00:17.79] [00:18.66]The February man still shakes the snow from off his hair [00:23.09]And blows his hands [00:24.97]Oh the man of March he sees the spring [00:28.33]And wonders what the year will bring [00:31.52]And hopes for better weather [00:35.14] [00:40.63]Through April rain the man [00:43.56]Goes down to watch the birds come in [00:46.62]To share the summer [00:48.55] [00:51.86]The man of May stands very still [00:53.98]Watching the children dance away the day [00:57.04] [00:57.91]In June the man inside the man [01:01.47]Is young and wants to lend a hand [01:04.65]And grins at each new colour [01:07.96] [01:13.76]And in July the man [01:16.63]In cotton shirt he sits and thinks [01:19.63]Of being idle [01:22.43] [01:24.87]The August man in thousands takes the road [01:27.86]To watch the sea and find the sun [01:31.11]September man is standing near [01:34.67]To saddle up and leave the year [01:37.79]And autumn is his bridle [01:41.41] [02:20.47]And the man of new October [02:23.65]Takes the reins and early frost [02:26.15]Is on his shoulders [02:29.33] [02:31.45]The poor November man sees fire and rain and snow and mist [02:36.19]And a winter gale [02:38.38]December man looks through the snow [02:41.50]To let eleven brothers know [02:44.49]They're all a little older [02:47.74] [02:53.79]And the January man [02:56.91]Comes round again in woollen clothes [02:59.84]And boots of leather [03:02.65] [03:05.02]To take another turn and walk along the icy road [03:09.08]He knows so well [03:11.39]Oh the January man is here [03:15.13]For starting each and every year [03:18.13]Along the road forever