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Sep 12, 2017 1 min

Grass Grows, Years Disappear

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Grass Grows, Years Disappear- based on Michael Rosen's 'Coldham's Common' poem, composed and scored by Bethany Kirby, Produced by Helen Weinstein, Commissioned by Historyworks Lyrics Giant lizards in the sky Wide wings take them high Flapping and stopping, leaving their droppings For millions of years right here The years pass and the grass grows The grass grows over the years disappear And here we are, we stand right here Up above people come and go Their pigs and cows moving slow Free to graze upon the ground 'Til a Lord puts a fence around Nowhere for the pigs and cows And with the people starving now One Jack 'o the Style, he leads a revolt They break down the fence and call a halt The years pass and the grass grows The grass grows over the years disappear And here we are, we stand right here One John Ball from Barnwell way Said beneath the grass there lay Some magic stuff which if ye had enough Would make any plant grow Very few knew the reason why Was down to lizards in the sky Flapping and stopping, leaving their droppings For millions of years right here The years pass and the grass grows The grass grows over the years disappear And here we are, we stand right here

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