Great Eastern Railway Excursions
Michael Rosen's Cambridge Railway Excursions Poem adapted to song by Bethany Kirby
Chorus 1: The DAY exCURSion to LONdon and BACK Chorus 2: The day excursion to London and back Chorus 1: FOResters FETE at the CRYstal PALace Chorus 2: Foresters Fete at the Crystal Palace
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo [a mix of delight and the whistle of an engine] Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt [a mix of breathing out and the sound of an engine giving off steam.]
Chorus 1: AUGust EIGHTeen SIXty-EIGHT Chorus 2: August eighteen sixty-eight Chorus 1: STARTing in CAMbridge at SIX-fifTEEN Chorus 2: Starting in Cambridge at six-fifteen
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt
Chorus 1: STOPping at WHITTlesford, SAFFron WALden STANsted NEXT, then BISHop’s STORTford. Chorus 2: SAWbridgeWORTH and then it’s HARlow ArrRIVing in LONdon at NINE o’CLOCK.
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt
Chorus 1: The DAY exCURSion to LONdon and BACK Chorus 2: The day excursion to London and back Chorus 1:The WHOLE round TRIP will COST 3 BOB Chorus 2: “No LUGGage allOWED”; “No LUGGage allOWED”
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt
Chorus 1: A SPEcial CHEAP ExCURsion TRAIN Chorus 2: To WALton-ON-the NAZE and BACK Chorus 1: AUGust EIGHTeen SEVenty SIX Chorus 2: August eighteen seventy-six
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt
Chorus 1: EARly START at TWENty past SIX. Chorus 2: CAMbridge, SHELford, NEXT stop LINton Chorus 1: SAFfron WALden, BARTlow, HAVerhill Chorus 2: NEXT stop CLARE, and THEN it’s MELford
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt
Chorus 1: ArRIVing at WALton at NINE forty FIVE Chorus 2: GREAT Eastern RAILway’s DAY at the SEA Chorus 1:The WHOLE round TRIP will COST 3 BOB Chorus 2: “No LUGGage allOWED”; “No LUGGage allOWED”
Chorus 1: Oo-oo-woo
Chorus 2: Psssshhhhhtttt