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    Song a week 2021
    Into The Grave
    03:03

    Into The Grave

    Theme : Pull My Finger Ring out the old Sing in the new I found outside in the cold Cause I thought that they knew I won't let you go But I've let you down I won't say what I know Some day they'll find out I'd do it again Cause that's who I am Help you carry on Things change But it's foolish to think only you could be pulling my fingers So bring out your dead Hear what they say I will carry you Into the grave
    Snowglobe
    02:33

    Snowglobe

    An old fashioned Christmas song. Written on 24.12.2021, and recorded on 25.12.2021 Words and Music Nik Newark Theme : Whiteout Smells like winter, tastes of Christmas Feels like it could snow Hanging on to days like this that happened long ago Time to shake the snow globe and watch 'em disappear Whietout and snowbound Ready for another year Nights are long in late December, never see the sun Days so short do you remember nights when we were young Waking up on Christmas morning, magic in the air Whiteout and snowbound ready for another year Years go on spent circling the sun Time to face another one In Christmas past and Christmas future blurring into one Rasie a glass to Christmas present now the days are done Time to shake the snow globe up and watch it disappear Whiteout and snowbound Ready for another year
    CTRL-ALT-DEL
    01:03

    CTRL-ALT-DEL

    Theme : Control Alt Delete
    Pu Pu Platter
    03:19

    Pu Pu Platter

    Theme : Pu Pu Platter
    Stephen Sondheim
    02:05

    Stephen Sondheim

    Theme : Tell me everything Tell me everything you know 'bout how to write a Broadway show Who are you? Stephen Sondheim Sometimes it's hard to overlook in the musical arts you wrote the book Who are you? Stephen Sondheim You can see the truth in a perfect rhyme You can break the rules at the end of a line You can do it all , with even a non-rhyme Stephen Sondheim! And you're content that less is more and that content dictates for, Who are you? Stephen Sondheim And if you'd shown me what you knew then I could do the things you do Who are you? Stephen Sondheim You could write it all, the music and lyrics The rise and fall and fun with phonetics No problem at all completion on time For Stephen Sondheim But now you're gone and the world carries on They've got to find someone new to take your place Somebody consumed with a passion for words Amazing tunes for the chorus and verse Or maybe for all of these reasons combined It's Stephen Sondheim!
    Nopunintended
    02:44

    Nopunintended

    Theme : Pun Intended
    Antidisestablishmentarianism
    03:27

    Antidisestablishmentarianism

    Theme : Antidisestablishmentarianism
    1.5°
    01:49

    1.5°

    A collision between Remembrance Day and Cop26 (and this week's Song A Week theme of "Out of sight"). Remember the soldier Divided Europa Imagine a future Falling before you so many years ago What is that to you? It’s out of sight, out of mind We sing Hallelujah and pray for the future That it’ll get better when its all over You say its not enough Well, don’t be so stupid It’s out of sight out of mind Mind your own business You cannot boil the ocean in a day Tear it up and throw it away Why don’t you live it up Carry on and go about your day Waiting for something to change Waiting for someone to say Abracadabra and make it all better Look to the future where everything’s warmer by 1.5° And what does that matter? It's out of sight, out of mind
    Buy Me A Pink Balloon
    01:31

    Buy Me A Pink Balloon

    Theme : Buy Me A Pink Balloon
    Any Given Prompt
    03:19

    Any Given Prompt

    Theme : Meat Loaf Some of the other songs referenced in this song include Apollo 13 : https://youtu.be/gJCNUBj6gdk A Gorilla with a PhD : https://youtu.be/10zy_aa7yec Out Out : https://youtu.be/5hLvVjnY5uw Shakespeare and Spitfires : https://youtu.be/92ZhnraGoZQ The View From My Front Porch : https://youtu.be/A0PI7emykrg Well Made War : https://youtu.be/PMFfAFwvomQ You're not a Ninja anymore : https://youtu.be/tsmXI3cS-hY If you want to get high (you've got to go low) : https://youtu.be/8dQujuCb6K8 Pigeon In Tuxedo : https://youtu.be/eGNGE9lc6w0 Top Of The List ; https://youtu.be/6xbQEja1CRo Various Kinds Of Fish : https://youtu.be/wHYvzTKbPEY Nik Newark's Drum & Fife : https://youtu.be/1_12zWW5khs Egremont Street : https://youtu.be/j4jmcMm1PLY Any Given Prompt : https://youtu.be/vuK5ErKvvCc
    Famous Last Words
    03:31

    Famous Last Words

    Theme : Famous Last Words
    Running with Scissors
    03:19

    Running with Scissors

    Theme : Running with Scissors
    If You Want To Get High (then you've got to get low)
    02:05

    If You Want To Get High (then you've got to get low)

    Theme : Highs and Lows
    Pigeon In Tuxedo
    02:51

    Pigeon In Tuxedo

    Theme : Pigeon in a Tuxedo
    The Juniper Tree
    02:25

    The Juniper Tree

    Theme : Juniper Based upon the traditional folk story "The Juniper Tree", which involves child abuse and cannibalism (two topics which are reputed to be impossible to cover in a song - and yet here they are!) For background on the story - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juniper_Tree_(fairy_tale)
    Song a week 2020
    Beavers Give A Dam (a Protest Song)
    04:09

    Beavers Give A Dam (a Protest Song)

    Once native to this fine land, the beaver roamed the rivers and streams of Great England until the 16th century, when it was hunted to extinction for fur, meat, and secretory castoreum. Over the course of the current century a few brave souls have sought to resurrect the beaver to its former glory and restore Great England's natural heritage. This is their story...
    The Man Behind The Curtain
    03:02

    The Man Behind The Curtain

    Theme : Look Out World!
    November
    13:57

    November

    Days of November - by Niki Shepherd and the Song A Week 2020 Choir www.songaweek2020.com
    My Favourite
    03:59

    My Favourite

    Theme : Favourite One
    Leviticus 26
    03:47

    Leviticus 26

    Theme : The Good Book
    Near
    03:39

    Near

    Theme : Near & Far
    Ship to the Shore
    03:39

    Ship to the Shore

    Theme : Ship to the Shore
    Whatever Comes Next
    03:42

    Whatever Comes Next

    Theme : One Guess
    A Gorilla with a PhD
    03:17

    A Gorilla with a PhD

    A Gorilla with a PhD
    Introducing You
    02:26

    Introducing You

    Theme : Looking Back
    Bazinga!
    02:47

    Bazinga!

    Theme : Bazinga!
    Edit That Out
    03:27

    Edit That Out

    Theme : Edit That Out
    Simple and Sweet
    02:04

    Simple and Sweet

    Theme : Simple and Sweet
    Ooga Looga Wyma Ryma
    03:07

    Ooga Looga Wyma Ryma

    Theme : Ooga Looga Wyma Ryma. (Yes, really)
    Ifs and Buts
    02:20

    Ifs and Buts

    Theme : Ifs and Thens
    Song a week 2019
    The Company of Gentlemen
    02:26

    The Company of Gentlemen

    Arthur Foxgloves and Sylvanus Urban adventure through the sands of time
    What's the Point?
    03:12

    What's the Point?

    What's the Point?
    Less is More than This
    02:54

    Less is More than This

    Theme : Less is more
    Imaginary Christmas Man
    03:08

    Imaginary Christmas Man

    Theme : Holiday from my senses
    Come Home
    03:06

    Come Home

    Theme : Up To You
    Goodbye Felicia
    03:14

    Goodbye Felicia

    Chairman of the Waltz
    03:21

    Chairman of the Waltz

    Theme : My other car's a hearse
    Speed Dial
    01:59

    Speed Dial

    Theme : Attitude of Gratitude
    Right This Way
    03:18

    Right This Way

    Theme : Right This Way
    Garmonbozia (Sorrow and Pain)
    04:16

    Garmonbozia (Sorrow and Pain)

    Featuring David Lynch's Nightmare
    Larry the Limousine Driver
    03:30

    Larry the Limousine Driver

    Theme : Larry the Limousine Driver
    Pumpkin Patch
    03:45

    Pumpkin Patch

    Theme : Pumpkin Patch
    You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover
    03:33

    You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover

    Theme : FYI
    Double Dog Dare
    01:57

    Double Dog Dare

    It don't apply to you...
    A World Without Pants
    03:08

    A World Without Pants

    Theme : A World Without Pants
    Song a day w/c Jan1 2019
    White Rhinocerous
    02:08

    White Rhinocerous

    White Rhinocerous
    Technical Diving
    02:02

    Technical Diving

    Technical Diving - a song-in-an-hour, based on a theme from Emma Kirkbride
    Not enough hours in the day
    02:45

    Not enough hours in the day

    Not enough hours in the day
    Grandma Used To Say
    03:16

    Grandma Used To Say

    Grandma Used To Say (Count Your Blessings)
    The Mamils are Coming
    02:05

    The Mamils are Coming

    Song-in-an-hour (actually this was more like 25 minutes) about Mamils.
    Lost Luggage
    03:15

    Lost Luggage

    Lost Luggage - a Song-in-an-hour based on a title suggested by Lorraine Lucas. OK, it took an hour to write (but I got carried away with the overdubs and took a bit longer... ;-)
    Salt of the earth
    02:53

    Salt of the earth

    Salt of the earth
    Song a week 2018
    What’s the question?
    03:06

    What’s the question?

    For some reason YouTube had real difficulty uploading this (so I re-recorded on my Spire : https://soundcloud.com/nik-newark/whats-the-question)
    Thank You Jesus
    03:51

    Thank You Jesus

    If Teenage Fanclub found God, and recorded a Christmas song, it might go like this
    Give a Hug for Christmas
    02:27

    Give a Hug for Christmas

    Christmas Song #2
    Elevation
    03:18

    Elevation

    Elevation
    Drips From Her Lips
    03:21

    Drips From Her Lips

    Aussie Rockers AD/HD
    Alienhead
    03:46

    Alienhead

    Alienhead
    Justice
    03:31

    Justice

    Justice
    Skimming Pebbles
    02:11

    Skimming Pebbles

    Songaweek2018 : Reflection. Skimming pebbles, killing time On my own but with you on my mind When the water clears it becomes a mirror And the face looking back isn’t mine I’ve got your eyes and I’ve got your smile You threw your love to the wind All the seeds we sow and the stones we throw Are all we’ve got left in the end Skimming pebbles in the lake Watching the ripples they make And we count each bounce till the stone goes down We had all of the time we could take Ten years gone since we sang that song Echoes from so long ago All the songs we sing and the words we spin You can’t take them back when you go
    Some days you're the basket
    02:01

    Some days you're the basket

    Songaweek2018 : Basketball
    Wait for the Grown-Ups to Come
    03:08

    Wait for the Grown-Ups to Come

    Song a week : Witness. Dedicated to the folks on the people's vote march, 20th Oct 2018
    Amsterdam
    03:24

    Amsterdam

    #songaweek2018 theme : socks
    Quarters
    01:26

    Quarters

    #songaweek2018 quarters
    Bring Down The Moon
    03:46

    Bring Down The Moon

    #songaweek2018 : Police (Hello Sgt P Buchanan, if you’re watching...)
    Strength in my skeleton
    02:34

    Strength in my skeleton

    #songaweek2018 : strength
    Doggystyle
    04:29

    Doggystyle

    A song about dogs, for #songaweek2018
    The Verdict
    02:22

    The Verdict

    #songaweek2018 #thedonald
    Dance Like Edward Snowden
    06:33

    Dance Like Edward Snowden

    Song a week 2018 - theme "Pants"
    When I Died
    03:33

    When I Died

    Song a Week : Death
    Making a Scone
    02:42

    Making a Scone

    A tale of an anniversary journey to Devon. You might think you know someone, but you don’t know anything until you see them prepare a scone.
    Restaurants
    02:02

    Restaurants

    Song a week 2018 : theme : Restaurants
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