Category: Songs
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In the bleak midwinter
Such a lovely tune by Gustav Holst, I’ve fancied having a go at arranging this for a long time. Let me know what you think. Done in Musescore 4.
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Let’s row, let’s row, let’s row!
In the boat yesterday morning I asked for any special requests for the homeward piece, and Andy wondered if I was talking about a song. Little did he realise…
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Hotel Barcelona
Next week is MWC’25 and I won’t be going, but Simon Saunders posted something on LI that helped make the obvious connection… (Lyrics below by popular demand, with apologies for poor diction and muddy mix) On the first flight from Stansted, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of the jet fuel rising up through…
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Goodbye Teresa
After twenty years at Isle of Ely Rowing Club, Teresa is moving on. We’ll miss her a lot. Here’s a musical tribute – a hack of a 1947 Dick Hayman and the Andrews Sisters number. It’s not very finished but time pressed.
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Singing the accounts…
My chairman asked me to sign the accounts, but she was typing quickly and the auto-correct didn’t spot it. How was I supposed to know? I thought for the first one I’d see if I could get some emotion into the cold and faceless numbers. I like to think I succeeded. You might feel some…