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Written spring 2011

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Peckham Melody (Idris Davies)

Johnny was a poor little boy
He struggled and he strived
His family all abandoned him
As he walked alone in life
Angie said to Edison
Man have you seen this scene
There’s a ghost going round takin names
But he ain’t gonna catch me

Johnny came to Angie
Said tell me can you say
I just need to find
Some place where I can lay
My head while I go sleeping
Rest my weary feet
Angie just said take a left
Up on Dewar Street

Edison he left the
He headed for Sternhall Lane
Waiting for the ghost
Been taking down these names
He told him he was Jackson
Held his hands up to the sun
The ghost fell down onto his knees
But don’t tell anyone

Angie walked up Dewar Street
Walked him to the door
Where men and women sometimes meet
Called to the upper floor
Someone echoed
Calling down below
A door swung open
Edison stood alone

Edison grabbed hold of Jackson
Pushed him through the dark
Left Angie with the ghost
The ghost would make his mark

I felt fingers on my shoulder
As I stumbled up the stairs
Sat down on the seat there
Reciting the alphabet
The ghost came round the corner
Angie by his side
The three of them just stood there
A smile on every side

And I awoke to find the smoke
Drifting like a dream, like a Peckham melody.

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from Sketch Songs - PECKHAM MELODIES [2011], released January 30, 2013

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