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Interlude 3 - Morning
03:26
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Hiraeth
03:46
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TRANSCRIPTION
Sandy: "I can remember way back - I was born in 1941 - and I can remember walking, holding onto mummy’s pram, and passing a wood - and the smell of the bluebells. And sometimes I can smell that and it takes me right back to just a particular spot - and I can see it now - and the smell of the bluebells - and then dandelions as well which is .. Wonderful …"
Community: “Off to see the world… There's such a lot of world…”
Sandy: "And I remember one time when there was a lot of air raids going on and neighbours came in because we had a tin table in the sitting room and we all went in there at night. And I can remember seeing the moon, and we were quietly waiting, and you knew that if the sound still kept going it wasn't going to land near you, but when it stopped you knew it was about to come … And I remember asking my mother 'is that a doodle bug?' - because it didn't quite register I think .. I don't know, I must have been pretty young .. so …
It's just a memory isn't it. It's not a frightening one - but if I hear a siren now I'm not keen on it, end of story. I mean I don't know how people nowadays cope with all that's going on…"
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3. |
Interlude 2 - Tango
04:37
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4. |
Old Things
10:31
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TRANSCRIPTION:
“Why tell them all the old things - they’re buried under the snow”
“ … why cant I?”
Are you ok?
Are you alright there?
Its very interesting over the years - perhaps 25 years, which go very very quickly …
…. its very difficult to do nothing now...
There was always somebody who after a few jars would sally forth with a few songs and stuff …
… and lots of other people joining in
… which is pretty much what it's all about.
“… the old things…”
And lots of other people joining in
… which is pretty much what it's all about.
Are you alright there?
And what was so noticeable …
With a few songs and stuff ..
… the silence
Do you still dance at all?
… absolute silence
You were very good at one time
And lots of other people joining in
… no birds
Which is pretty much what it's all about
… no nothing
Are you ok?
The silence
Its very difficult to do nothing now
No nothing…
Absolute silence
Are you ok?
Are you ok?
Are you ok?
And lots of other people were joining in …
… which is pretty much what it's all about
Its very difficult to do nothing now
Do you still dance at all?
You were very good at one time
You were very good at one time
Do you still dance at all?
And what was so noticeable …
… the silence
Are you ok?
… absolute silence
No birds
No birds
Are you alright there?
No birds
No nothing
Are you ok?
Are you ok?
Are you alright there?
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5. |
Waves of Laughter
03:20
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Transcription (the voice of one of the Music Memory Cafe’s volunteers)
“... just saying the uncontrollable chuckling of a baby .. you can't help but laugh .. it makes you, it's just …”
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TRANSCRIPTION
Everybody seems to know Row Row Row your Boat…
…seems to know Row Row Row your Boat…
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Life is but a dream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Life is but a dream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Everybody seems to know Row Row Row your Boat…
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7. |
Hold me
04:56
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8. |
Favourite Things
03:55
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TRANSCRIPTION
[Blackbird song]
"... girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes / snowflakes that land on my nose and eyelashes ….
Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird"
… the milkmen with the … ?
Yes
... with the horse-drawn carriage?
Yes …
You do… ?
The baker had the horse …
We had a coal man that used to come round with a horse…
The baker had a big shire horse, and I can remember when quite little I was walking to school - to primary school - and I tripped as I was crossing the road and the baker was coming down with his horse and of course I was flat on the ground, and I cried and cried and cried because I thought I was going to be run over by this huge horse! and this cart…
The thing I remember in London were the barrow boys. I lived outside of London and they used to go up to my aunt who lived in Kensington. But there were all these barrow boys with barrows selling fruit nuts…. you name it they sold all sorts of things. They would all arrive early in the morning pulling these barrows.
Do you remember them singing out?
Yes!
“Come buy me! Come buy my wares”
“All me life I wanted to be a barra boy
I wanted to a barra boy years ago
We knew our manners
We earnt our tanners
Walking up the Old Kent Road”.
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10. |
Tiddly Om Pom Pom
01:41
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TRANSCRIPTION
My mum used to play the piano and I loved it, but she would never teach me to play.
Because she - years ago - used to play - before I was born - in public houses - the music.
And erm - but she never wanted me to do that - so she would never teach me to play the piano…
Only tiddly om pom pom, tiddly om ….
That's all I could do!
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