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That Was The Year
(Written by George Moorey & Shane Young)
Cmaj7
That was the year I spent
D2
Swimming in soft cement
Bm7
And like a bullet train it went
Em
And I still miss you
Cmaj7
I’m not the only one to mourn
D2
And I don’t wanna invite scorn
Bm7
But something inside was torn
Em
Cuz I still miss you
Cmaj7
I remember you reproached me for crying
D2
It’s never been the family way
Em
We lock it up in lead-lined boxes,
Bm7
Face paint battleship grey
Cmaj7
We were streetwise with the resources
D2
And always had a wealth of scran
Em
Dad took dirt from a gaffer
Bm7
Although he was a learned man
Cmaj7
And you were a hard-working woman
D2
Never let the family sink
Em
If there was a third job going
Bm7
You’d barely even have to think
Cmaj7
With your duties behind you forever
D2
I’m heavier in my bones
Em
Memories of anger and worry
Bm7
Sit in my gut like stones
Cmaj7
You could be hard,
You could be hard,
You could be hard,
D2
Em
I get it.
Bm7
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Winnie
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Winnie was one of triplets
Graced the Earth from 1917
They grew up with ten other children
In the wilds of the Forest of Dean
A pump in the yard for water
And the WC outside
They would strike up a lamp or candle
To handle the coal-black night
They had no time for flowers
There were cabbages and spuds to tend
No lack of work to fill the hours
At the house in Mile End
Beef dripping for thruppence
Stick an apple in yer knickers and go
Some sugar or some cheese,
Mr Hooper if you please
There’s many mouths to feed and funds are low
Winnie and eight sisters
Had to share a single room to sleep
At fourteen years they’d be out in the world
Working to earn their keep.
She began a life of service
As a housemaid in Cheltenham town
A pound a month and room and board
A lifetime away from tumbledown
When Winnie had a half day’s leisure
She’d watch the ladies on parade
Walking Pekinese for pleasure
Along the Cheltenham Promenade.
One day she joined the effort
When The Great War came to pass
Making TNT so the Jerries would flee
This gentle country lass.
She met a chap while dancing
At the YMCA
And the lovers married
On VE Day.
What a priceless romance
After all the gloom
Winnie’s voice a melody
To brighten any room
Winnie, the winsome
Winnie, the voice of cheer
Winnie bringing light to the dark and lonely night
Winnie, live on, my dear
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The Powdered Earth England, UK
The Powdered Earth are Gloucester, UK based writer/producer duo George Moorey and Shane Young.
gentle sounds, kind words, fiction and real life stories in song shaped wrappers
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