THE MILTON KEYNES SONG BOOK
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Introduction
Volume 1
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Section 1
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1. All Change
2. The Permanent Way
3. James McConnell
4. Tom Worker's Song
5. Who Could Want For Better?
6. Letters Home
7. I Want a Little More From Life
8. Settling In
9. What Do They Think We Are?
Section 2
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1. The Shrimp King
2. Old Bill
3. Cotton and Fluff
4. Ambulance Train
5. It’s Dirty It’s Dusty
6. Worksong
7. Orange and Blue
8. On The Breadline
9. Little by Little
Section 3
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1. Bright Battalions
2. No Heroes No Cowards
3. In Memoriam
4. Parapet Song
5. Do You Ever Think of England?
6. Valley of the Shadow
7. Rest and Relief
8. Back Home Again
9. There’s a War On
Section 4
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1. Stantonbury Village
2. The Wolverton Refreshment Room
3. Sheltered Lives
4. Violet's Song
5. The Bunny Run
6. Stony Stratford, a Country Town
7. A Few Coppers
8. Smiler
9. The Night the Stones Rolled into Town
Volume 2
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Section 1
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1. Christmas Bells
2. Crazy for Canals
3. Denbigh Hall / Goodbye Denbigh Hall
4. I Would Not Change a Thing
5. Emberton
6. Field Song
7 & 8. Stony Stratford Songs
9. Rainbow
10. Sheltermore
Section 2
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1. The Ballad of Joey Guest
2. Dad’s Song
3. The Bike Song
4. Here Is Jack
5. Awake and Arise
6. Master and Servants
7. The Stockman
8. When Dick Met Alma
9. Safety in Numbers
10. In the Event of an Air Raid
Section 3
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1. Captain Swing
2. Honourable Frauds
3 & 4. Lord Kitchener / Song of the Recruits
5. The Glorious New Year
6. The Slaughterhouse Carol
7. An Invitation From His Majesty
8. Day After Dreary Day
9. Dance Round the Bonfire
10. Hymn to the Future
Section 4
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1. The Ghost of Lady Bennet
2. Song of the Bridge
3. The Stony Stratford Schools Song
4. A Bob a Bloody Day
5. The Wolverton Whistle
6. War Weapons Week
7. The Forestry Song
8. Rover
9. Snowflake
10. The Flies
Composers
Credits
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MKSB2: The songs are organised in four sections:
Section 1
Local Places
Section 2
Local People
Section 3
Local Events
Section 4
Local Stories
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Home
About
Sources
The Song Books
Introduction
Volume 1
>
Section 1
>
1. All Change
2. The Permanent Way
3. James McConnell
4. Tom Worker's Song
5. Who Could Want For Better?
6. Letters Home
7. I Want a Little More From Life
8. Settling In
9. What Do They Think We Are?
Section 2
>
1. The Shrimp King
2. Old Bill
3. Cotton and Fluff
4. Ambulance Train
5. It’s Dirty It’s Dusty
6. Worksong
7. Orange and Blue
8. On The Breadline
9. Little by Little
Section 3
>
1. Bright Battalions
2. No Heroes No Cowards
3. In Memoriam
4. Parapet Song
5. Do You Ever Think of England?
6. Valley of the Shadow
7. Rest and Relief
8. Back Home Again
9. There’s a War On
Section 4
>
1. Stantonbury Village
2. The Wolverton Refreshment Room
3. Sheltered Lives
4. Violet's Song
5. The Bunny Run
6. Stony Stratford, a Country Town
7. A Few Coppers
8. Smiler
9. The Night the Stones Rolled into Town
Volume 2
>
Section 1
>
1. Christmas Bells
2. Crazy for Canals
3. Denbigh Hall / Goodbye Denbigh Hall
4. I Would Not Change a Thing
5. Emberton
6. Field Song
7 & 8. Stony Stratford Songs
9. Rainbow
10. Sheltermore
Section 2
>
1. The Ballad of Joey Guest
2. Dad’s Song
3. The Bike Song
4. Here Is Jack
5. Awake and Arise
6. Master and Servants
7. The Stockman
8. When Dick Met Alma
9. Safety in Numbers
10. In the Event of an Air Raid
Section 3
>
1. Captain Swing
2. Honourable Frauds
3 & 4. Lord Kitchener / Song of the Recruits
5. The Glorious New Year
6. The Slaughterhouse Carol
7. An Invitation From His Majesty
8. Day After Dreary Day
9. Dance Round the Bonfire
10. Hymn to the Future
Section 4
>
1. The Ghost of Lady Bennet
2. Song of the Bridge
3. The Stony Stratford Schools Song
4. A Bob a Bloody Day
5. The Wolverton Whistle
6. War Weapons Week
7. The Forestry Song
8. Rover
9. Snowflake
10. The Flies
Composers
Credits
Contact