Ο Sydney Bertram Carter (1915-2004) ήταν Άγγλος ποιητής και τραγουδοποιός. Ήταν ειρηνιστής με έργο αντιπολεμικό και υπηρέτησε στην Ελλάδα, την Παλαιστίνη και την Αίγυπτο ως μέλος της οργάνωσης FAU (Friends’ Ambulance Unit).
Standing In The Rain (Sydney Carter σε μουσική Donald Swann)
Standing in the rain, knocking on the window. Knocking on the window on a Christmas Day.
There he is again knocking on the window. Knoking on the window in the same old way.
No use knocking on the window, there is nothing we can do, Sir.
All the beds are booked already, there is nothing left for you, Sir.
No. we haven’t got a manger, no, we haven’t got a stable.
Till you woke us with your knocking, we were sleeping like the dead, Sir.
Standing in the rain, knocking on the window. Knocking on the window on a Christmas Day.
There he is again, knocking on the window. Knocking on the window in the same old way.
