Name: The Slow Train
Duration: P00H02M49S
Description: A song by Flanders & Swann.

The Slow Train

by William William Rodgers

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A song by Flanders & Swann.

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no more will I go to Blandford Forum and Mortehoe
on the slow train from Midsomer Norton and Mumby Road
no churns, no porter, no cat on a seat
at Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chester-le-Street
we won't be meeting again
on the slow train

I'll travel no more from Littleton Badsey to Openshaw
at Long Stanton I'll stand well clear of the doors no more
no whitewashed pebbles, no up and no down
from Formby Four Crosses to Dunstable Town
I won't be going again
on the slow train

on the main line and the goods siding
the grass grows high
at Dog Dyke, Tumby Woodside
and Trouble House Halt
the sleepers sleep at Audlem and Ambergate

no passenger awaits on Chittening platform or Cheslyn Hay
no one departs, no one arrives
from Selby to Goole, from St Erth to St Ives
they've all passed out of our lives
on the slow train

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released December 19, 2021
Featuring Pete Churchill (accordion) & Ben Muirhead (string bass). Recorded January 2020 at Woodbine Street Recording Studio. Produced by John Rivers with Eddy Hewitt as assistant engineer.

Thank you to Hannah for lending her autoharp & Kirsten for introducing me to the song.

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