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Song a week 2021

No-one but you

01:34

No-one but you

Recorded on location in Knoydart

Meet Me Where I Am

01:55

Meet Me Where I Am

Theme : Meet Me Where I Am

Batter Up

04:16

Batter Up

It's a folk song, about a fish and chip shop, innit? If you'd like a _much better_ folk song (albeit, a far sweeter one, without a grisly end), check out Chris Wood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoGbjx-KIb0

Squirrelsy and Bumpstead : Episode 2 : Hullabaloo on Holiday

01:58

Squirrelsy and Bumpstead : Episode 2 : Hullabaloo on Holiday

Shape of your Shadow

01:58

Shape of your Shadow

Theme : Shape of your shadow

Squirrelsy and Bumpstead : Rumpus at the Bingo

01:58

Squirrelsy and Bumpstead : Rumpus at the Bingo

Theme : Brouhaha

Love In No Uncertain Terms

03:27

Love In No Uncertain Terms

Theme : No Uncertain Terms

Laugh Out Loud

02:12

Laugh Out Loud

Theme : LOL (Featuring Marcel Marceau!)

Corners of the world

03:13

Corners of the world

Theme : Corner of the world

Harrison Ford

02:06

Harrison Ford

Theme : Given Name

Biggest Octopus Ever

06:42

Biggest Octopus Ever

Theme : Biggest Octopus Ever (A reimagining of https://youtu.be/QNYSfXA69ew)

Bizarre Love Pentagon

01:24

Bizarre Love Pentagon

Theme : I Love Lucy

Various kinds of fish

01:44

Various kinds of fish

The Girl Who Could Turn Back Time

03:30

The Girl Who Could Turn Back Time

Theme : Sonic Boom (With apologies to Roland and Curt ;-)

Metamorphosis

02:54

Metamorphosis

There's always something behind the mask when she smiles for a photograph Cracking lips and crooked teeth something happening underneath She's got a feeling she's lost inside, caterpillar to butterfly There's a song she can sing : "clip my wings I'll keep flying" And in a minute she'll be alright Caterpillar to butterfly And the song that she sings Clip my wings I'll keep flying away Think of something to make her laugh Make her smile for a photograph But something happened along the line Metamorphosis takes its time

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

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

Drips From Her Lips

03:21

Drips From Her Lips

Aussie Rockers AD/HD

Alienhead

03:46

Alienhead

Justice

03:31

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