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The Red Earth Lane
A Nostalgic folk-pop song inspired by the memoirs of Vyvyen Brendon
[Intro]
Violin hook over harmonium and guitar
[Verse 1]
Little feet on red-earth roads
School satchels and hand-me-down clothes
Eggs from hens, and rationed jam
Skipping past the old coast tram
[Chorus]
Wembury sky, I carry you still
From allotment rows to Barton Hill
Five short years, a world entire
By paraffin lamp and kitchen fire
[Verse 2]
Apron strings and Sunday hats
Seagulls crying over washing flats
Brownies meeting at the schoolhouse gate
Hopscotch chalk, and wartime plates
[Chorus]
Wembury sky, I carry you still
From the chapel steps to the old church hill
Five short years, a world entire
Built from chalk and late-night choir
[Guitar Solo]
(4 bars – melodic acoustic)
[Bridge]
Hear the swing creak by the orchard tree
Smell the brine and the bakery
Memory stitched in every seam
Of a girl, a village, and a dream
[Chorus]
Wembury sky, I carry you still
From the ploughed-up lanes to the coastwind chill
Five short years, but hearts don’t tire
Of the home that shaped desire
[Outro]
(Repeat violin hook over fading chords)