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Oh Albion!

by Mitchell and Vincent

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Here's an original song about a nostalgic trip to the seaside ... any similarities and comments about Brexit are entirely intentional.

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Oh Albion! (copyright Mitchell and Vincent 2018)

Oh Albion, what have you done?
Bought a cheap ticket to set yourself free?
Off to the seaside to relive your youth
and now you must jump in the sea.

You slammed the door on your friends' fingers,
laughed as you chugged away.
A silly red bus with no direction,
3/6 is the price today.

Oh Albion, what have you done?
Bought a cheap ticket to set yourself free?
Off to the seaside to relive your youth
and now you must jump in the sea.

We're taking a ride on the dodgems,
then onto the merry-go-round.
Helter skelter to a black and white future,
leaving all colour behind.

Oh Albion, what have you done?
Bought a cheap ticket to set yourself free?
Off to the seaside to relive your youth
and now you must jump in the sea.

Well the sea looks cold and the wind is up,
The sky's gone from blue to grey.
Your earlier notion to jump in the ocean
seems a bit crazy today.

Oh Albion, what have you done?
Bought a cheap ticket to set yourself free?
Off to the seaside to relive your youth
and now you must jump in the sea.

You're old and rheumatic, your muscles are flaccid,
not sure you'll swim far today.
Don't stray from the strand, there's no help at hand,
Remember you sent it away.

Oh Albion, what have you done?
Bought a cheap ticket to set yourself free?
Off to the seaside to relive your youth
and now you must jump in the sea.

Oh Albion, what have you done?
Bought a cheap ticket to set yourself free?
Off to the seaside to relive your youth
and now you must jump in the sea.

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released December 22, 2018
Graham Vincent and David Mitchell (lyrics, music and arrangement) - Mitchell and Vincent

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Mitchell and Vincent UK

David Mitchell and Graham Vincent are a folk duo from Dorset and Somerset who play a lively mix of traditional tunes which they have arranged for Fiddle and Classical Guitar alongside songs from around the British Isles.
They have performed at a whole variety of festivals, events and concerts around the UK and abroad.
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