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London Pride

from The Good Earth by Stuart Forester

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lyrics

It was mid afternoon last Thursday, with me gear I boarded at Broadway
I headed north on the line, twenty-one stops up to Archway
I bumped into Finbarr on Holloway Road, in the offy he were buying the beers
We walked round the corner to his house, in the kitchen I set up me gear
There was Oliver Mulligan already there so we joined him round at the table
We talked of the good and the bad times and people we’ve known on the way
Well one bottle it followed another and they got round to singing some songs
Oliver sang three beautiful airs and Finbarr sang two sweet and longing
Oh that London Pride was flowing, stories and songs they were too
And if ever I go back to Archway you know I’ll come drunk home to you
Well that ale it tasted like nectar and those melodies lifted me high
They made me think of you love and one brought a tear to Fin’s eye
They told of old Irish days as the sun it set over Archway
Then Oliver had to get going and he said he’d see us on Tuesday
So the two of us went to The Landseer, a pub in which Fin is well known
We yarned with a couple of locals about music and accents and football
So we rounded the night off with whisky and rum
And both did agree most definitely that the day without doubt had been splendid
And I slurred I’d see him on Tuesday
Well that whisky kicked in up the Holloway Road and I caught the last tube out of Archway
But somewhere near Bank it’s nowt but a blank, a right state I looked I suppose
Twenty-four stops in me slumber I dreamt I was in California
When I was rudely awoken by Underground staff
“It’s the end of the line, this is Morden”
So I staggered me way out the station and I fell in the back of a taxi
I give him some general directions, next thing I knew I was in Mitcham
And there you were to greet me as I fumbled me key in the door
I danced round the room and fell over, well this I can vaguely remember
And you told me that you loved me as you covered me up on the floor
And this old noggin was spinning and this is the song I was singing

credits

from The Good Earth, released July 6, 2017
Stuart Forester - Vocals, guitar
Jonny Hardie - Fiddle

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Stuart Forester Scotland, UK

Stuart Forester is an English acoustic roots songwriter in the folk tradition who has quite some stories to tell. Born in Cumbria but raised from a a few months old until the age of three in trailer homes in Canada he grew up in Hull, East Yorkshire and then spent many years in London. He now lives in rural Aberdeenshire, Scotland where his latest album The Good Earth was recorded. ... more

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