Name: The Day The Railway Came
Duration: P00H03M24S
Description: A tune about the coming the of railway in England

The Day The Railway Came

by Graham Hamilton

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A tune about the coming the of railway in England

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The Day The Railway Came

There is beauty in the meadow and in the ripening wheat
Seed for those yet to come and bread for us to eat
I began as a plough boy, my fathers were all the same
I’d have followed the plough all of my days
But one day the railway came
The railway came

A boy will make a man when he looks for a wife
A hearth and a home and settled family life
I had an eye for Sally, I said you are my flame
She took a shine to an engineer
When the railway came
The railway came

A storm in summer will pass and leave the world the same
What turned the world upside down was when that railway came

Up in the morning to the forge master’s bell
Hammering the steel in the forge master’s hell
Fourteen hours every day, every day is the same
But we can see the sea on Sundays
Because the railway came
The railway came
Because the railway came.

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released October 12, 2021
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Graham Hamilton Hull, UK

I’m from Hull and have had a diverse career so far, embracing contemporary dance and cognitive science; though not both at the same time! “Feathers In The Wind’ is my first CD. I also write poetry; ‘The Oblivious Whale’ was published by Wild Pressed Books in January 2021. ... more