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Deborah's Song

Those of you who've read Deborah Rose's con report from Redemption will know exactly where this song comes from. It's all true (apart from the bit about never going on the railways again).

The tune is Loch Lomond

From Virginia's lovely shores off to England's damper climes,
I took a trip on an airplane,
I landed at Heathrow, which is where you tend to go,
Then I ventured forth on the railways.

CHORUS

Oh ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Ashford afore ye,
But Ashford has a twin - in the Midlands - it's a sin,
And I'll never go again on the railways.

On London's underground, I wandered round and round,
When I die, I'm going to haunt the Northern Line,
But I met my Waterloo, as so many travellers do,
When I ventured forth on the railways.

I staggered into Ashford in the early afternoon,
Couldn't find the place where I was staying,
Now I sing this sad lament, as I ought to be in Kent,
And I'll never go again on the railways.



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