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Dracula (when the sun goes down in Whitby Town)
(Music and Words: Tim Hunter)
When the sun goes down, in Whitby Town
Dracula’s around, When the sun goes down.
When the sun goes down, in Whitby Town Dracula’s around.
He sleeps all day, but when it’s dark
he doesn’t lay, Dracula is looking for prey
Dracula,Dracula
Shipwrecked on the Demeter he came ashore
In the guise of a black dog, wreaking havoc on the town, he has a thirst for blood
When the sun goes down
Dracula, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Dracula,Dracula,
When the sun goes down in Whitby Town
Dracula’s around, when the sun goes down
He gives no reflection in the mirror
Blood is his life, he casts no shadow
Transforms into bat and waits for night
Dracula,Dracula
There’s a look of fear and horror on your face
You might just die of fright
Don’t stray where the bats fly in the night sky
You’re only safe when it’s light
Dracula,
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
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Constantine
02:59
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Constantine (Music and Lyrics Tim Hunter © 2020)
There were so many things
That he needed to fix
When he became the emperor
In York in AD 306
He was losing control
And wanted solutions
Like an end to persecutions
And a brand new state religion
Constantine
He Defined
The Bible that we all now read
And the Nicean Creed
The church was divided
Needing unity
He settled the date of Easter
He defined Christianity
He favoured the Christians
He changed history
Founded Constantinople
Creating a new great city
Constantine
He Defined
The Bible that we all now read
And the Nicean Creed
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Guido (Gunpowder speaks louder than words) (Music and Words: Tim Hunter)
There was a plot to kill the Scottish King
The protestant King James,
The King of Great Britain
Guido lived in the Knaresborough district
In Scotton he got involved in politics and
conflict
Guido had the right intent when he entered Parliament
He wanted to blow them all to smithereens
This was his scheme
Gunpowder speaks much louder than words ever will, ‘Cos words never kill
Gunpowder speaks much louder than words ever did, ‘Cos words never get rid,
Guido Oh Guido
Guido went to fight in Spain and returned to London to kill King James
He lit the fuse, it all went wrong and this is his song
Guido had the right intent when he entered Parliament
He wanted to blow them all to Kingdom Come
That was the song he sung
Gunpowder speaks much louder than words ever will, ‘Cos words ever kill. Gunpowder speaks much louder than words ever did, ‘Cos words don’t get rid
Guy Fawkes, he didn’t like talk, His actions are to be remembered, every 5th of November
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Wilberforce
03:36
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Wilberforce
(Music and Words: Tim Hunter)
Wilberforce – can change the course of history
Only Wilberforce – can stop this evil slavery
You may choose to look the other way
But you can never say you did not know
Great indeed are opportunities;
Great also is our responsibility
Wilberforce – can change the course of history
God Almighty has set before me
Two Great Objectives:
The suppression of the Slave Trade
And the Reformation of Manners.
Selfishness makes us overate our qualities
And overlook our defects
We are too young to realize
things are impossible...
So we’ll do them anyway.
Wilberforce – can change the course of history
Only Wilberforce – can stop this evil slavery
If to be alive to the sufferings of my fellow creatures, is to be a fanatic, then I’m one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be alive.
Wilberforce – can change the course of history
Only Wilberforce – can stop this evil slavery
(some lyrics based on
Wilberforce’s famous quotes)
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Bloodaxe
03:40
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Bloodaxe (The Last Of The Viking Kings) (Music and Words Tim Hunter)
Bloodaxe, The Last of the Viking Kings,
Bloodaxe, The Last of the Viking Kings
In their Longships the Viking marauders came
Pagan Plunderers bringing nothing but
thunder and pain
Bloodaxe, The Last of the Viking Kings,
Bloodaxe, The Last of the Viking Kings
Bloodaxe attacks!
With Whirlwinds and lightening
The slaughter begins
In 948 Eric Bloodaxe is York’s new king
Bloodaxe,
The Last of the Viking Kings
Bloodaxe,
The Last of the Viking Kings
In his palace in York
Eric ruled with
Gunnhild
To keep the crown many killed
He had many enemies
Eric was ambushed and died,
and he entered Valhalla
Now he’s there with his Axe by his side
Bloodaxe, The Last of the Viking Kings,
Bloodaxe, The Last of the Viking Kings
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A Woodland Prayer
03:30
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A Woodland Prayer (Hear us Oh Lord)
(Music Tim Hunter © 2020, Lyrics: traditional)
Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee.
To Thee, highest King,
Redeemer of all,
Do we lift up our eyes in weeping
Hear, O Christ, the prayers
of your servants.
Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee.
Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee.
Right hand of the Father
Our corner-stone,
way of salvation,
gate of heaven,
Hear, O Christ ,wash away our
stains of sin.
Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee.
Hear us, O Lord, Hear us, O Lord
Hear us, O Lord, and have mercy, because we have sinned against Thee.
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Blind Jack
02:34
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Blind Jack (The inspiration to win)
(Music and Lyrics Tim Hunter © 2020)
Blind Jack laid the tracks
That showed the way for roads
That we’d find hard to build today
Blind Jack was another character
From Old Knaresborough
He was an entrepreneur
And he’d sing and play the violin
Walking into battle, only he could bring
The Inspiration to win
Determination don’t give in
Inspire us all to achieve
Take it higher and let’s all believe in
Blind Jack
Blind Jack, Blind Jack
Blind Jack, always achieving
He never stopped believing
He could do anything
He just kept on working
And he’d sing and play the violin
Walking into battle, only he could bring
The Inspiration to win
Determination don’t give in
Inspire us all to achieve
Take it higher and let’s all believe in
Blind Jack
Blind Jack, Blind Jack
The Inspiration to win
Determination don’t give in
Inspire us all to achieve
Take it higher and let’s all believe in
Blind Jack, The Inspiration to win
© 2016 Tim Hunter
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The Walrus And The Carpenter
(Music: Tim Hunter; Lyrics: taken from Lewis Carroll’s poem)
Dodgson: The Walrus and the Carpenter
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Were walking close at hand;
They wept like anything to see
Such quantities of sand:
If this were only cleared away we may
Find a Chessman,
O Oysters, come and walk with us!
The Walrus did beseech.
A pleasant walk, Along the briny beach:
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Walked on a mile or so, and then
they rested on a rock conveniently
low: And all the little Oysters stood
and waited in a row.
The time has come, the Walrus said,
To talk of many things: Of shoes and
ships of cabbages and kings
I weep for you, the Walrus said:
I deeply sympathize. With sobs
and tears he sorted out those of the
largest size.
O Oysters, said the Carpenter,
You've had a pleasant run!
Shall we be trotting home again?
But answer came there none
And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every one. The Walrus and the
Carpenter.
We’ve found the Chessmen and we’re ready to play, We’ll make sure The Red Queen doesn’t get her way
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9. |
Cook's Lament
02:45
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Cook’s Lament
(Music: Tim Hunter; Lyrics: Frederick McKinnon)
THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN GOALS WERE SET
OBJECTIVES MET
PASSIONS PURE
MY FAME SECURE
DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS TURN TO DUST
TAINTED BY MAN’S DESIRES AND LUST
HOW EASY TO BECOME FORTUNE’S FOOL
THE WINDS OF FATE TURN BITTER AND CRUEL
I NEVER ASKED FOR AN EASY COURSE
I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO COST
FAIR WEATHER COMES AND GOES
BUT WHY NOW? WHY NOW
DO I FEEL DISPIRITED AND LOST?
AREN’T I THE SAME JAMES COOK?
YET MY SWEET BETH SEEMS SO FAR AWAY
I FEAR FOR MY LITTLE BOYS TODAY
HAVE I BEEN LED BY PURE AMBITION
IN TAKING ON THIS FUTILE MISSION?
DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS TURN TO DUST
TAINTED BY MAN’S DESIRES AND LUST
HOW EASY TO BECOME FORTUNE’S FOOL
THE WINDS OF FATE TURN BITTER AND CRUEL
I MUST RESOLVE TO FIGHT THE TIDE
SECURE PROVIDENCE ON MY SIDE
HAVEN’T I DONE IT TIMES BEFORE?
I MUST SUCCEED JUST ONCE MORE
AREN’T I THE SAME JAMES COOK?
THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN GOALS WERE SET
OBJECTIVES MET
PASSIONS PURE
MY FAME SECURE
AM I NOT THE SAME JAMES COOK?
AM I NOT THE SAME JAMES COOK?
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Mother Shipton
04:57
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Mother Shipton (The Dragon's Tail)
(Music and Lyrics Tim Hunter © 2020)
For storms will rage and oceans roar
Earthquakes will split the plain to shore,
And fiery dragons cross the sky
Six times before the earth shall die
All signs of mankind's fall and decline
The Dragon's Tail will cross the sky
And then the earth will die
Those were the words of Mother Shipton
That's what she prophesied
And when the Dragon's Tail is gone
Man tries to carry on
But it’s too late to escape our fate.
We should have listened to Mother Shipton
And before the race is built anew,
A silver serpent comes into view
And spews out men of like unknown
To mingle with the earth now grown
All signs of mankind's fall and decline
The Dragon's Tail will cross the sky
And then the earth will die
Those were the words of Mother Shipton
That's what she prophesied
And when the Dragon's Tail is gone
Man tries to carry on
But it’s too late to escape our fate.
We should have listened to Mother Shipton
Tim Hunter © 2016
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Moorland Drifters
02:49
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Moorland Drifters (Music and Lyrics: Tim Hunter)
We’re Moorland Drifters, drifting by
Like the clouds drift across the sky
Take my hand and we’ll fly
Stay together and never say goodbye
May your spirit stay with me
Cathy we’ll be finally free
To walk across the windswept moors
As we did so many years before
We’re Moorland Drifters, drifting by
Like the clouds drift across the sky
Take my hand and we’ll fly
Stay together and never say goodbye
Through the dark and stormy gales
We’ll cross the hills and walk the dales
To the highest mountain peak
There we’ll find the path we seek
We’re Moorland Drifters, drifting by
Like the clouds drift across the sky
Take my hand and we’ll fly
Stay together and never say goodbye
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St Hilda Of Whitby
03:35
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St Hilda of Whitby
(Music and Lyrics Tim Hunter © 2020)
St Hilda of Whitby
Helped form English Christianity
Convened the first Synod
Promoted the word of God
Born into a hard place
Her story inspires us all
She always had such grace
From baptism to hearing the call
A people friendly mission
Becoming an Abbess
She offered salvation
Community and kindness
St Hilda of Whitby
Helped form English Christianity
Convened the first Synod
Promoted the word of God
Her innate wisdom
Her model of ministry
She shared her vision
Based on humanity
Fought the cause for women
Promoted the Gospel
Ascending into Heaven
Guided by Angels
A spiritual Mother
She listened to and enabled
Caedmon and his song
Which is now fabled
St Hilda of Whitby
Helped form English Christianity
Convened the first Synod
Promoted the word of God
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