Chiddingly Skyline

2nd August 2022

Chiddingly Skyline we hear a song of Cat’s Cradle
Within my soul I did feel a spark
Music then takes us to West Ireland
Lament for a great thespian who made his mark
Chiddingly Skyline we celebrate our grand-children
Truth and beauty remember the river man
Music bring us together again for one night
With you all kinds of blues we play whatever we can
Chiddingly Skyline up Blueberry Hill and Dixie Down
The lark ascends above the lowly folk lands
Music can tell tales of strange walling Bungeroosh built by the mason’s hands
Chiddingly Skyline takes in a Northern coal town
Moon dancing as a blue moon to the glory of love
Music for the dead and for the ever young
A summer of swimming and the song of the dove
Chiddingly Skyline brings family histories
From mining the earth in which we lay graves
Music for the dead towns, the dead sea and its fish
We suffer the darkness from those big waves
Chiddingly Skyline give me flowers and brightness
Let me banish the black dog forever
Music can lift us out of the mire Depression is something we can all sever
Chiddingly Skyline waiting so long for our Queen
She sings with such joy that still shines through
Music once again has brought us together
Whatever rights and wrongs I’ll spend life with you
Chiddingly Skyline in sight of Sussex hills
Adonis Blue weaves all around their flowers
Music made of each and every breath we take
Wild horses we shall ride through eventual showers
And so Chiddingly Skyline you brought us together
Once again we all shared music and love
For this life is but one life not lasting forever
Or can we be born again just like the one dove ?

“Chiddingly Skyline”, by Jason, dedicated to all the lovely folks who turned up to perform and to listen and who created a wonderful evening.

Thank you Steph, Paula, David, Manus, Helen, Terry & Natasha, Jim & Josie (AKA Milton Hide), Phil, Helga, Chris Neale, Simon, John & Beverley, Pat Langridge, Tony Parry, Jayne, Pete, Ian and John. And thank you once again to Lisa for singing and playing with me.