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🎵 TRIANGLE AND TRAY-CLOTH
Inspired by the Memoirs of Vyvyen Brendon
🎶 Verse 1
I only played the triangle
Never made the band
Stitched a tray cloth crookedly
But Miss Maynard held my hand
🎶 Verse 2
Drill in the yard skirts tucked in tight
Talked through our sums and read by firelight
The dog by her desk would sleep through it all
Chinky was wiser than many recall
🎶 Chorus
Triangle and tray cloth thread and tin
Learning without knowing where we'd begin
From hymn book mornings to nature walks
We learned our world through stories and chalk
🎶 Verse 3
Bullies called me a snob for my way of speech
But I knew the names of the flowers they’d never teach
Picked wild violets by the wall with care
And felt like I truly belonged somewhere
🎶 Chorus
Triangle and tray cloth thread and tin
Learning without knowing where we'd begin
From hymn book mornings to nature walks
We learned our world through stories and chalk
🎶 Bridge
A boy once ran into the fields alone
We watched him vanish past hedge and stone
Sometimes I wished I had followed too
But I stayed with the triangle just seeing it through
🎶 Final Chorus
Triangle and tray cloth thread and tin
Lessons stitched gently under the skin
From hopscotch shouts to a Brownie badge
Wembury’s song still calls me back