Leaving the Sound
Departures from Plymouth Sound – from Iron Age traders to warships leaving for the Falklands and from Francis Drake to Francis Chichester. At one time they were all Leaving the Sound. I posted this in error as my competition entry. A senior moment! My actual entry is on my profile and is “The Apprenctice” – about when Bob Dylan met Woody Guthrie and absolutely NOTHING to do with Sir Alan Bloody Sugar.
“Warchipes???” That will be “warships” of course!
Wonderful!
this is deliciously evocative, the visual imagery in your lyrics so strong. love it
Thanks Nicky. I like to write “story” songs and my aim is usually to paint an almost cinematic picture. Looks like it worked for you. I can visualise the scenes I write about as I sing them. Have a look at my YouTube channel and the video for “Prince of the Waktzer” to see what I mean. Thanks again for your kind comments
A magically atmospheric song , I could almost see and feel the experience. Great subject.
Thanks Louise. I actually wrote a couple of other verses – The Mayflower leaving for the New World and the warships leaving for the Falklands – but that made the song almost 7 minutes long. You can get away with that in live performance but not on a recording
I would happily have listened to a full seven minutes of that. Excellent!
What a lovely comment! Thanks. Be careful what you wish for – I have a song called Prince of the Walzer about a love affair in a fairground that comes perilously close to that at 6 minutes and 42 seconds. Have a listen (Also with a Plymouth connection as the fair is on the Hoe, overlooking the Sound. Weirdly, the song has been downloaded and listened to in Peru! Maybe Paddington is a fan?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oeSj9gPuZ4&t=6s