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Five Betjeman Songs

Song Cycle by Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)

1. A bay in Anglesey
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
The sleepy sound of a tea-time tide
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Text Authorship:

  • by John Betjeman, Sir (1906 - 1984), copyright ©

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2. Song of a nightclub proprietress
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I walked into the nightclub in the morning
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  • by John Betjeman, Sir (1906 - 1984), copyright ©

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3. Business girls
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
From the geyser ventilators
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  • by John Betjeman, Sir (1906 - 1984), copyright ©

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4. Undenominational
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Undenominational
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  • by John Betjeman, Sir (1906 - 1984), copyright ©

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5. Upper Lambourne
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Up the ash tree climbs the ivy
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  • by John Betjeman, Sir (1906 - 1984), copyright ©

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Total word count: 627
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