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Crazy For Canals

from The Common Land by Kevin Adams

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    Thirteen of my own songs: seven written for various Living Archive theatre and radio productions, three for the Maids Moreton's Millennium Pageant, and three strays which wandered in.
    Released in 2002.

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From 'Moreton Made'. The Buckingham Arm of the Grand Junction Canal put Maids Moreton in touch with the outside world- for a while.

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Crazy For Canals
Words & music: Kevin Adams

God bless the Duke of Bridgewater who first had the idea
And God bless Mister Brindley, the famous engineer.
They built a navigation, they started something grand-
Now waterways are fast appearing all across the land

Come all you men of trade,
Tell all your merchant pals-
Be not afraid, your fortune’s made,
We’re crazy for canals

Your carter does the best he can when he’s out on the road,
Your pack horse is an honest beast and totes a heavy load.
But when it rains and all the lanes are axle-deep in clay
Your boatman laughs and waves good-bye and carries upon his way

The bold investor will be paid with great prosperity
And every town and parish will be keen to join the spree.
Survey the land, draw up your plan and set the navvies to-
Embankments, docks and flights of locks will soon improve the view

For twenty years the boats and butties travelled past our door
Bringing trade to Moreton that we never have had before.
But now the navigation is nothing but a drain
The waterways have had their day and everything goes by train.

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from The Common Land, released June 23, 2002
Words & music: Kevin Adams

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Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…

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