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From the play 'Sheltered Lives'. Schoolchildren evacuated fom London to north Bucks write to their parents.

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Letters Home
Words & music: Paul Clark

Dear parents, we hope you’re OK
We’re having a wonderful stay
We dare not upset her, so here in this letter’s
What Teacher permits us to say.

It really is strange, having school in a Scouts’ Hall
But lessons go on in the same dreary way
But the part that I like is Geography class
Where we walk on the tow-path for half of the day
While the Teacher’s not looking, I’ll written this bit down
We’re having a fight when we go out to play.

I’ve bought a new top and I wish you could help me
The boys on my street they can spin it with ease
There’s a small leather whip that they snap and they crack
And it makes the top spin for as long as they please
But when I do the same it just falls in the gutter
While they circle round me to laugh and to tease.

It really is fun when the snow’s thick and heavy
With sledging and snowmen there’s so much to do
Down the front garden path it’s just perfect for sliding
Perhaps Mr. Lovell will have a slide too
When he comes home from work, hey just think of the fun
All us boys throwing snowballs at girls after school.

Christmas is near, we look up to the heavens
But each night a searchlight it blocks out the stars
I have written a letter to old Father Christmas
To ask for a gun, or a big armoured car
That I’ve seen in the toyshop, when you come for Christmas
I’ll take you to see just how smashing they are!

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

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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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