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It's Dirty, It's Dusty

from All That's Changed vol 2 by The Living Archive Band

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about

Paul wrote It’s Dirty, It’s Dusty in 1986 for a weekend workshop with Ewan McColl and Peggy Seeger, and the song subsequently found a home in the radio programme 'The Works'. It describes the feelings that the men of Wolverton had for their place of work.

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It’s Dirty, It’s Dusty
words & music: Paul Clark

It’s dirty, it’s dusty, it’s noisy,
And it fair gets you down now and then
But when we leave from here in two months or a year
We’ll never be craftsmen again

The Wolverton Works are downsizing
It’s part of a Government ploy
It seems they don’t care for the carriage repairs
That I’ve worked on since I was a boy.

I came as fourteen as apprentice
Like my Dad and my Uncle before
And I’ve got all my skill and I love my job still
But I’m sure that they’ll show me the door

The word they have for it is progress
Replacing the old with the new
With some software you see they’ll eliminate me
And all that I’m able to do

From the stink and the noise of the foundry
To a silent old house on my own
And it isn’t just me; it’s the whole town you see
It’s the finish of all we have known.

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from All That's Changed vol 2, released June 2, 2009

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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK

An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more

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