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Life in the Cottages: Who Could Want For Better?

from The Horse and the Tractor- a Radio Ballad by The Living Archive Band

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Who Could Want For Better?
Words & Music : Kevin Adams

We didn’t have much but we never felt the lack
We’d a roof and a fire and a privy out the back
Food on the table and the good fresh air
Who could want for better than we had right there?
I can smell cooking and the paraffin lamp
I can smell the baby cos her nappy’s damp!
But nobody’s grumbling and no one moans
Who could want for better it is home sweet home.

The cockerel’s crowing and we’re straight outdoors
Everybody busy with their daily chores
Bread and jam for breakfast as a general rule
Now all our jobs are finished so it’s off to school
Seven in the evening on a working day
Pappy tells us, ‘Come on children, clear the way!’
Who could want for better as we say ‘Goodnight,’
In our tiny little bedroom in the candlelight?

In the middle of the winter it can be so hard
Washing at the tap in the cold back yard
But who could want for better than a good hot scrub
By the range in the kitchen in the old tin tub?
Pappy’s in the scullery in braces and his vest
Soaping up and shaving for his Sunday best
He’s going into Stony for a pint or two
Who could want for better, well I’m asking you?

Sitting in the window is my special place
Cos when we’re all together well there’s not much space
Listen to the chopsin’ and the stale old jokes
Who could want for better than your own dear folks?
There’s Mum and Dad and Betty, there is Bob and Dick
There’s Judy, John and Molly, there is Jane and Mick
Who could want for better when we’re all crammed in
A cottage full of Webbs like a sardine tin.

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from The Horse and the Tractor- a Radio Ballad, released October 1, 2014

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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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