Sussex Lines

Lyrics

[TRACK TITLE: HOME ALONG TH’ SUSSEX LAA-INE] [INTRO – SPOKEN SOLO] larst train rollin’ aout o’ lund’n taown, lamps in vikt’ria slowly dimmin’ daown, steel wheels sing in th’ caold night air, “back t’ sussex, back t’ there.” [INSTRUMENTAL – FIDDLE AN’ FLUTE HUM, MOUTH ACCORDION DRONE] [VERSE 1 – SOLO, QUIET CHOIR HUM] paast th’ yards where the red lights glow, rows o’ roofs in a dusky row, crawley slips by in a blink o’ light, factory windows in th’ fallin’ night. haywards ‘eath in a saft grey rain, folks step aaf an’ folks step on again, but me ‘eart’s runnin’ on ahead o’ time, chasin’ home daown th’ sussex laa-ine. [CHORUS – FULL CHOIR] sussex laa-ine, carry me hoam, o’er th’ weeld where th’ dark fields roam, daown t’ th’ daowns where th’ white chaalk shines, this is me soul on th’ sussex laa-ines. from lewis ‘ill t’ the brighton sea, uckfield lanes an’ th’ ashdaown trees, doors slide oaopen an’ the night feels kind, sussex, sussex, in me mind. [VERSE 2 – SOLO, CHOIR ECHO LAST PHRASE] o’er th’ oose where the mist lies low, lewis lights wink in a silver glow, bonfire smoke in me mem’ry still, owd songs drift from th’ cliffe-side ‘ill. uckfield roads where th’ ‘edges lean, fox in th’ laane where the grass grow green, each li’l staation, each slow sign, marks one maore step on th’ sussex laa-ine. [CHORUS – FULL CHOIR] sussex laa-ine, carry me hoam, o’er th’ weeld where th’ dark fields roam, daown t’ th’ daowns where th’ white chaalk shines, this is me soul on th’ sussex laa-ines. from lewis ‘ill t’ the brighton sea, uckfield lanes an’ th’ ashdaown trees, doors slide oaopen an’ the night feels kind, sussex, sussex, in me mind. [VERSE 3 – SMALL GROUP, CHOIR JOIN] brighton lamps on th’ far-off shaore, salt in th’ wind through th’ carriage doaor, pier lights tremble on th’ tide below, gulls cry aat where th’ night-winds blow. oi been lost in th’ lund’n roar, train doors closin’, al’ways one maore chore, but th’ sea-breath comes an’ worries fall, sussex, you’re the quiet as ‘olds it all. [BRIDGE – CALL AN’ RESPONSE] [LEAD] ‘aywards ‘eath on a work-daay maorn, [CHOIR] sussex fields in th’ pale new daawn, [LEAD] lewis fair on a market daay, [CHOIR] bells ring aat o’er th’ oose an’ clay. [LEAD] uckfield ‘edges in th’ evenin’ rain, [CHOIR] saft grey smoke from th’ chimbley chain, [ALL] brighton waves an’ th’ shaore so wide, home at larst by th’ owd sea-side. [FINAL CHORUS – FULL CHOIR] sussex laa-ine, carry me hoam, o’er th’ weeld where th’ dark fields roam, daown t’ th’ daowns where th’ white chaalk shines, this is me soul on th’ sussex laa-ines. from lewis ‘ill t’ the brighton sea, uckfield lanes an’ th’ ashdaown trees, doors slide oaopen an’ the night feels kind, sussex, sussex, in me mind. [OUTRO – SOFT CHOIR WITH FIDDLE AN’ FLUTE] sussex laa-ine, ‘ush, settle an’ slow, all them aacres in th’ moonlit glow, when th’ wheels fall still an’ th’ lamps burn low, sussex, sussex, that’s where oi go.