HAWTHORN WHITE
Created on 26/01/2026Latest update on 26/01/2026
Artist: Charles Causley
Author: Charles Causley
Year: 1960s
Poem by Charles Causley (1917-2003) craving to be sung. Cornish Causley was close with poet laureat Ted Hughes, who considered his friend to be "the poet laureat we never had".
Covers:
- 2015:
Unthanks [as Hawthorn on CD Mount The Air; own music crediting Adrian McNaly]
- 2020:
Jim Causley [no family; on Cyprus Hill II, a selection of Charles Causley poems set to his own music]
