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As you play this, imagine you have opened an antique Victorian music box and a long gone but nice old boy sings you a song about how his town of Hunstanton St Edmunds was founded.

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Homage to Henry Lestrange (1815-1862.) (JP, Dep.Lieut & Sheriff of Norfolk, Lord High Admiral of the Wash, Cpt 1st West Norfolk Militia, Creator of New Hunstanton)

He had a dream and it built a town
Henry Lestrange
Rebuilt a Hall that was falling down
Henry Lestrange,
Restored a 13th century church
Henry Lestrange
Most of it from his private purse,
Henry Lestrange
He raised the roof and stained more glass,
Henry Lestrange
And the work he did, it was built to last.

This forever childhood of buckets and spades,
Victorian green and honey sands,
Candy-stripe cliffs, red, white and gold,
A holiday heaven from his hands.
A Norfolk Brighton, Joy on the Wash,
Henry Lestrange
He carved his vision from carrstone rocks,
Henry Lestrange
A railway to bring the nation in,
Henry Lestrange
He gave up some land to let it begin,
Henry Lestrange,
St Edmund's old England complete with pier,
Henry Lestrange
Hot fish and chips, and an ice cold beer.

This forever childhood of buckets and spades,
Victorian green and honey sands,
Candy-stripe cliffs, red, white and gold,
A holiday heaven from his hands.

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from It All Comes Out In The Wash (album), released November 22, 2019
The lyric was commissioned by The Borough of West Norfolk and King's Lynn and the song performed with its composer, Vanessa Wood-Davies, at the unveiling of the statue. You can find this track and nine others from Vanessa and I on the Bancamp album Lancelot and The Grail maiden. loveheartsredwine.bandcamp.com/releases
Pic of the composers performing at the statue unveiling by Bhas Allan. The present Lestrange is watching in a black tie extreme left.

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Performance poetry with a library card (voice & drum, folk ballads, ghazals, sonnets, beat poems, sound poems, raps) much of it happening 'on the street' or jostling to be heard in the tavern. Researched stories of folk heroes and real folk. History for you. Bardic poetry striving (as all arts do) for the condition of music (from punk though rap to to prog). Visionary lit. for your average Blake. ... more

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