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rosequartz Sat 05-Jul-14 16:14:48

Omar Khayyam by Granville Bantock, Katyk
(and no, don't ask me any more! wink )

KatyK Sat 05-Jul-14 15:39:06

I live in Birmingham. Now let me think....erm.....

feetlebaum Sat 05-Jul-14 14:50:34

Alan Price's "Jarrow Song"

newist Sat 05-Jul-14 14:06:03

And "Cushy Butterfield"

janeainsworth Sat 05-Jul-14 13:59:01

Jen how could you miss out 'Keep your feet still Geordie Hinny' shockgrin

KEEP YOUR FEET STILL, GEORDIE HINNY
Air (or Teun) – “My Darling Nellie Grey”

Wor Geordey an' Bob Jonsin byeth lay i' one bed,
Iv a little lodgjin hoose that's doon the shore,
Before Bob had been an' oor asleep, a kick frae Geordey's fut
Myed him wakin up to roar instead o' snore.

KORUS

Keep yor feet still! Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet,
For aw mayn’t be se happy throo the day.
So give us that bit cumfort, --keep yor feet still, Geordey lad,
An' dinnet send maw bonny dreams away!"

Aw dreamt thor was a dancin held, an' Mary Clark wes there;
An' aw thowt we tript it leetly on the floor,
An' aw prest her heevin breest te mine when walsin roond the room,
That's mair than aw dor ivor de before.

KORUS-- Keep yor feet still! Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet, &c

Ye'll knaw the lad that she gans with, they call him Jimmy Green,
Aw thowt he tried te spoil us i' wor fun,
But aw dreamt aw nail'd him heavy, an' blackt the big feul's eyes;
If aw'd slept it's hard to tell what aw wad deun.

KORUS-- Keep yor feet still! Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet, &c

Aw thowt aw set her hyem that neet, content we went alang.
Aw kiss'd her lips a hundred times or mair,
An' aw wish'd the road wad nivor end, se happy like wes aw,
Aw cud waak'd a thoosind miles wi' Mary there!

KORUS-- Keep yor feet still! Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet, &c

Aw dremt Jim Green had left the toon an' left his luv te me,
An' aw thowt the hoose wis furnish'd wi' the best,
An' aw dreamt aw just had left the church wi' Mary be me side,
When yor clumsy feet completely spoil'd the rest."

KORUS—Keep yor feet still! Geordey, hinny, let's be happy for the neet, &c

tanith Sat 05-Jul-14 13:33:15

A Foggy Day in London Town, A Nightingale Sang in Barclay Square, Streets of London, there lots more I'm sure .

durhamjen Sat 05-Jul-14 11:50:56

You also have Brighteyes, from Watership Down, Simon and Garfunkel.
Not quite the same, I know.
Fog on the Tyne near here, and Blaydon Races. A folk song about the Big Meeting in Durham, but I cannot remember what it's called. Probably the Big Meet.

whitewave Sat 05-Jul-14 10:43:44

I have just sat for a coffee break in the middle of the weekly housework and listened to Vaughn Williams "Lark Ascending".
I live on the South Downs and this piece of music absolutely transports me to the many walks I have had on the Downs with the grasses and wild flowers blowing in the breeze and larks singing their hearts out.

It is sublime. In fact I wouldn't mind listening to this as I pass out of this mortal coil!!!