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The White Cliffs of Dover
[Burton / Kent arr. Gay Woods]
Gay Woods sang The White Cliffs of Dover in 2000 on Steeleye Span's CD Bedlam Born. She commented in the liner notes:
For Vera Lynn, the RAF, the North Yorkshire sheep farmers, anti G.M. crop activists, the homeless and those who didn't make it to see the beautiful white cliffs of Dover.
Lyrics
There'll always be an England
While there's a country lane
Wherever there's a cottage small,
Beside a field of golden grain.
Chorus (repeated after each verse):
There'll be blue birds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see
There'll be peace ever after
Love and laughter,
Tomorrow, when the world is free
The shepherd will tend his sheep,
The valley will bloom again,
And Jimmy will have a home
To go to sleep in again.