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	''Night Voices'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.		''Night Voices'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.

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	''Night Voices'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] ~~first~~ published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.		''Night Voices'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.


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	== Night Voices ==		== Night Voices ==

	Father, father, who is that a-whispering?~~<br />~~		<poem>
	Who is it who whispers in the wood?~~<br />~~		Father, father, who is that a-whispering?
	You say it is the breeze~~<br />~~		Who is it who whispers in the wood?
	As it sighs among the trees,~~<br />~~		You say it is the breeze
			As it sighs among the trees,
	But there's some one who whispers in the wood.		But there's some one who whispers in the wood.

			Father, father, who is that a-murmuring?
	Father, father, who is that a-murmuring?~~<br />~~		Who is it who murmurs in the night?
	Who is it who murmurs in the night?~~<br />~~		You say it is the roar
	You say it is the roar~~<br />~~		Of the wave upon the shore,
	Of the wave upon the shore,~~<br />~~
	But there's some one who murmurs in the night.		But there's some one who murmurs in the night.

			Father, father, who is that who laughs at us?
	Father, father, who is that who laughs at us?~~<br />~~		Who is it who chuckles in the glen?
	Who is it who chuckles in the glen?~~<br />~~		Oh, father, let us go,
	Oh, father, let us go,~~<br />~~		For the light is burning low,
	For the light is burning low,~~<br />~~
	And there's somebody laughing in the glen.		And there's somebody laughing in the glen.

			Father, father, tell me what you're waiting for,
	Father, father, tell me what you're waiting for,~~<br />~~		Tell me why your eyes are on the door.
	Tell me why your eyes are on the door.~~<br />~~		It is dark and it is late,
	It is dark and it is late,~~<br />~~		But you sit so still and straight,
	But you sit so still and straight,~~<br />~~
	Ever staring, ever smiling, at the door.		Ever staring, ever smiling, at the door.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 11:36, 22 July 2016

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''Night Voices'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in the collected volume [[Songs of the Road]] on 16 march 1911.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (16 march 1911, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (october 1911, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (27 january 1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of the Road]]'' (february 1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (21 september 1922, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (14 september 1928, [[John Murray]]'s ''Fiction Library'' [UK])

== Night Voices ==

Father, father, who is that a-whispering? 
Who is it who whispers in the wood? 
You say it is the breeze 
As it sighs among the trees, 
But there's some one who whispers in the wood.

Father, father, who is that a-murmuring? 
Who is it who murmurs in the night? 
You say it is the roar 
Of the wave upon the shore, 
But there's some one who murmurs in the night.

Father, father, who is that who laughs at us? 
Who is it who chuckles in the glen? 
Oh, father, let us go, 
For the light is burning low, 
And there's somebody laughing in the glen.

Father, father, tell me what you're waiting for, 
Tell me why your eyes are on the door. 
It is dark and it is late, 
But you sit so still and straight, 
Ever staring, ever smiling, at the door.

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