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	== Music ~~Sheets~~ ==		== Sheet Music ==

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[[File:to-day-1893-11-11-p8-a-lay-of-the-links.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[To-Day]] (11 november 1893, p. 8).]]

''A Lay of the Links'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[To-Day]] on 11 november 1893.

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== Music ==
''Music translated by AI from the original music sheet below.''

{{audio|to-day-1894-04-14-a-lay-of-the-links-p316-317.mp3}}

== Editions ==

* in ''[[To-Day]]'' (11 november 1893 [UK]) 2 illustrations
* in ''[[To-Day]]'' (14 april 1894 [UK]) music sheets by [[Cecil Stanley]]
* in ''[[Nation]]'' (24 november 1898 [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (august 1898, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (september 1898, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])
* ''A Lay of the Links'' (may 1900, [[Chappell & Co.]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1918-1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Bristol Herald Courier]]'' (28 june 1921 [US])
* in ''[[The Sacramento Bee]]'' (29 june 1921 [US])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[Daily Mail]]'' (5 june 1926 [UK]) 8 first verses only as ''Golfing Song''

== A Lay of the Links ==
[[File:daily-mail-1926-06-05-p4-golfing-song.jpg|thumb|250px|right|As ''Golfing Song'' in the [[Daily Mail]] (5 june 1926).]]

It's up and away from our work to-day, 
For the breeze sweeps over the down; 
And it's hey for a game where the gorse blossoms flame, 
And the bracken is bronzing to brown. 
With the turf 'neath our tread and the blue overhead, 
And the song of the lark in the whin; 
There's the flag and the green, with the bunkers between— 
Now will you be over or in? 

The doctor may come, and we'll teach him to know 
A tee where no tannin can lurk; 
The soldier may come, and we'll promise to show 
Some hazards a soldier may shirk; 
The statesman may joke, as he tops every stroke, 
That at last he is high in his aims; 
And the clubman will stand with a club in his hand 
That is worth every club in St. James'. 

The palm and the leather come rarely together, 
Gripping the driver's haft, 
And it's good to feel the jar of the steel 
And the spring of the hickory shaft. 
Why trouble or seek for the praise of a clique? 
A cleek here is common to all; 
And the lie that might sting is a very small thing 
When compared with the lie of the ball. 

Come youth and come age, from the study or stage, 
From Bar or from Bench—high and low! 
A green you must use as a cure for the blues— 
You drive them away as you go. 
We're outward bound on a long, long round, 
And it's time to be up and away: 
If worry and sorrow come back with the morrow, 
At least we'll be happy to-day.

== Music Sheets ==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="400px" caption="Music sheets by [[Cecil Stanley]] in [[To-Day]] (14 april 1894)">
File:to-day-1894-04-14-p316-a-lay-of-the-links.jpg|p. 316
File:to-day-1894-04-14-p317-a-lay-of-the-links.jpg|p. 317
</gallery>

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	It's up and away from our work to-day,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	For the breeze sweeps over the down;~~<br />~~		It's up and away from our work to-day,
	And it's hey for a game where the gorse blossoms flame,~~<br />~~		For the breeze sweeps over the down;
	And the bracken is bronzing to brown.~~<br />~~		And it's hey for a game where the gorse blossoms flame,
	With the turf 'neath our tread and the blue overhead,~~<br />~~		And the bracken is bronzing to brown.
	And the song of the lark in the whin;~~<br />~~		With the turf 'neath our tread and the blue overhead,
	There's the flag and the green, with the bunkers between—~~<br />~~		And the song of the lark in the whin;
	Now will you be over or in?~~<br /><br />~~		There's the flag and the green, with the bunkers between—
			Now will you be over or in?

	The doctor may come, and we'll teach him to know~~<br />~~		The doctor may come, and we'll teach him to know
	A tee where no tannin can lurk;~~<br />~~		A tee where no tannin can lurk;
	The soldier may come, and we'll promise to show~~<br />~~		The soldier may come, and we'll promise to show
	Some hazards a soldier may shirk;~~<br />~~		Some hazards a soldier may shirk;
	The statesman may joke, as he tops every stroke,~~<br />~~		The statesman may joke, as he tops every stroke,
	That at last he is high in his aims;~~<br />~~		That at last he is high in his aims;
	And the clubman will stand with a club in his hand~~<br />~~		And the clubman will stand with a club in his hand
	That is worth every club in St. James'.~~<br /><br />~~		That is worth every club in St. James'.

	The palm and the leather come rarely together,~~<br />~~		The palm and the leather come rarely together,
	Gripping the driver's haft,~~<br />~~		Gripping the driver's haft,
	And it's good to feel the jar of the steel~~<br />~~		And it's good to feel the jar of the steel
	And the spring of the hickory shaft.~~<br />~~		And the spring of the hickory shaft.
	Why trouble or seek for the praise of a clique?~~<br />~~		Why trouble or seek for the praise of a clique?
	A cleek here is common to all;~~<br />~~		A cleek here is common to all;
	And the lie that might sting is a very small thing~~<br />~~		And the lie that might sting is a very small thing
	When compared with the lie of the ball.~~<br /><br />~~		When compared with the lie of the ball.

	Come youth and come age, from the study or stage,~~<br />~~		Come youth and come age, from the study or stage,
	From Bar or from Bench—high and low!~~<br />~~		From Bar or from Bench—high and low!
	A green you must use as a cure for the blues—~~<br />~~		A green you must use as a cure for the blues—
	You drive them away as you go.~~<br />~~		You drive them away as you go.
	We're outward bound on a long, long round,~~<br />~~		We're outward bound on a long, long round,
	And it's time to be up and away:~~<br />~~		And it's time to be up and away:
	If worry and sorrow come back with the morrow,~~<br />~~		If worry and sorrow come back with the morrow,
	At least we'll be happy to-day.		At least we'll be happy to-day.
			</poem>