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The Strawbs - AUTUMN
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The Strawbs - My Friend Peter
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The Strawbs - So Close And Yet So Far Away
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The Strawbs - Alexander The Great
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The Strawbs - Down By The Sea
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The Strawbs - That's The Way It Ends
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The Strawbs - The Hangman And The Papist
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The Strawbs - The Promised Land
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The Strawbs - A Boy And His Dog
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The Strawbs - A Glimpse Of Heaven
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The Strawbs - A Good Woman's Love
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The Strawbs - A Mind Of My Own
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The Strawbs - A Song For Me
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The Strawbs - Absent Friend
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The Strawbs - Afraid To Let You Go
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The Strawbs - Ah Me, Ah My
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The Strawbs - Alice's Song
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The Strawbs - All I Need Is You
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The Strawbs - All In Vain
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The Strawbs - All The Little Ladies
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The Strawbs - Always On My Mind
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The Strawbs - And Wherefore
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The Strawbs - And You Need Me
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The Strawbs - Another Day
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The Strawbs - Another Day Without You
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The Strawbs - Back In The Old Routine
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The Strawbs - Back On The Farm
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The Strawbs - BACKSIDE
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The Strawbs - Barcarole (for The Death Of Venice)
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The Strawbs - Beat The Retreat
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The Strawbs - BENEDICTUS
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The Strawbs - Beside The Rio Grande
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The Strawbs - Big Brother
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The Strawbs - Bitter Sunshine
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The Strawbs - Blue Angel
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The Strawbs - Burning For Me
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The Strawbs - Can You Believe
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The Strawbs - Canon Dale
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The Strawbs - Carry Me Home
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The Strawbs - Changes Arranges
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The Strawbs - CHARMER
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The Strawbs - Close Your Eyes
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The Strawbs - Cold Steel
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The Strawbs - Cry No More
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The Strawbs - Cut Like a Diamond
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The Strawbs - Deadly Nightshade
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The Strawbs - Do You Remember
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The Strawbs - Don't Try To Change Me
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The Strawbs - DRAGONFLY
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The Strawbs - EVERGREEN
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The Strawbs - Face Down In The Well
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The Strawbs - FINGERTIPS
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The Strawbs - FLIGHT
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The Strawbs - FLYING
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The Strawbs - Following The Rainbow
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The Strawbs - FOREVER
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The Strawbs - Forever Ocean Blue
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The Strawbs - Further Down The Road
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The Strawbs - Ghosts
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The Strawbs - Going Home
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The Strawbs - Goodbye (is Not An Easy Word To Say)
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The Strawbs - Grace Darling
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The Strawbs - Handsome Molly
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The Strawbs - Hanging In The Gallery
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The Strawbs - Hard, Hard Winter
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The Strawbs - Heartbreak Hill
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The Strawbs - HEARTBREAKER
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The Strawbs - Heat Of The Street
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The Strawbs - Heavy Disguise
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The Strawbs - Here It Comes
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The Strawbs - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
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The Strawbs - Hero And Heroine
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The Strawbs - Hey Little Man (thursday's Child)
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The Strawbs - Hey Little Man (wednesday's Child)
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The Strawbs - Higher Germanie
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The Strawbs - How Everyone But Sam Was a Hypocrite
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The Strawbs - How I Need You
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The Strawbs - Hummingbird
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The Strawbs - I Don't Want To Talk About It
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The Strawbs - I Feel Your Loving Coming On
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The Strawbs - I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
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The Strawbs - I Turned My Face Into The Wind
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The Strawbs - I'll Carry On Beside You
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The Strawbs - I'll Show You Where To Sleep
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The Strawbs - I've Been My Own Worst Friend
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The Strawbs - If
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The Strawbs - In Amongst The Roses
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The Strawbs - Inside Your Hell Tonight
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The Strawbs - Is It Today Lord
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The Strawbs - Jenny O'Brien
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The Strawbs - Joey And Me
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The Strawbs - Josephine, For Better Or For Worse
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The Strawbs - Just Love
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The Strawbs - Just The Same In Every Way
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The Strawbs - Keep On Trying
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The Strawbs - Lady Fuschia
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The Strawbs - Lawrence Brown
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The Strawbs - Lay a Little Light On Me/hero's Theme
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The Strawbs - Lay Down
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The Strawbs - Lemon Pie
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The Strawbs - Let It Rain
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The Strawbs - Let's Keep The Devil Outside
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The Strawbs - Little Sleepy
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The Strawbs - Martin Luther King's Dream
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The Strawbs - Midnight Sun
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The Strawbs - Might As Well Be On Mars
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The Strawbs - Morning Glory
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The Strawbs - New Beginnings
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The Strawbs - New World
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The Strawbs - No Return
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The Strawbs - Not All The Flowers Grow
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The Strawbs - Nothing Else Will do
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The Strawbs - Nrg
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The Strawbs - October To May
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The Strawbs - Oh So Sleepy
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The Strawbs - Oh, How She Changed
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The Strawbs - Old School Songs
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The Strawbs - On A Night Like This
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The Strawbs - On Growing Older
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The Strawbs - On My Way
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The Strawbs - Or Am I Dreaming
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The Strawbs - Out In The Cold
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The Strawbs - Part Of The Union
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The Strawbs - Pavan
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The Strawbs - Pieces Of 79 And 15
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The Strawbs - Poor Jimmy Wilson
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The Strawbs - Queen Of Dreams
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The Strawbs - Rhythm Of The Night
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The Strawbs - Ringing Down The Years
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The Strawbs - Round And Round
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The Strawbs - Russian Front
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The Strawbs - Sad Young Man
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The Strawbs - Sail Away To The Sea
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The Strawbs - Sealed With a Traitor's Kiss
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The Strawbs - SHEEP
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The Strawbs - Shine On Silver Sun
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The Strawbs - Silver Smile
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The Strawbs - Simple Visions
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The Strawbs - So Shall Our Love Die
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The Strawbs - Something For Nothing
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The Strawbs - Song For Alex
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The Strawbs - Song Of A Sad Little Girl
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The Strawbs - Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
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The Strawbs - Starshine/angel Wine
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The Strawbs - Starting Over
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The Strawbs - Stay Awhile With Me
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The Strawbs - Stone Cold Is The Woman's Heart
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The Strawbs - Stormy Down
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The Strawbs - Strange Day Over The Hill
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The Strawbs - Sunday Morning
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The Strawbs - SWEETLING
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The Strawbs - Taking a Chance
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The Strawbs - TEARS
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The Strawbs - Tell Me What You See In Me
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The Strawbs - Thank You
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The Strawbs - That Which Once Was Mine
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The Strawbs - That's When The Crying Starts
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The Strawbs - The Actor
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The Strawbs - The Antique Suite
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The Strawbs - The Battle
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The Strawbs - The Blantyre Explosion
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The Strawbs - The Desert Song
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The Strawbs - The Flower And The Young Man
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The Strawbs - The Golden Salamander
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The Strawbs - The Journey's End
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The Strawbs - The King
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The Strawbs - The Last Resort
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The Strawbs - The Life Auction
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The Strawbs - The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
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The Strawbs - The Plain
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The Strawbs - The River
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The Strawbs - The Shepherd's Song
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The Strawbs - The Soldier's Tale
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The Strawbs - The Soldiers' Tale
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The Strawbs - The Vision Of The Lady Of The Lake
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The Strawbs - The Weary Song
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The Strawbs - The Winter And The Summer
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The Strawbs - The Young Pretender
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The Strawbs - There Will Come The Day
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The Strawbs - Thirty Days
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The Strawbs - This Barren Land
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The Strawbs - Till The Sun Comes Shining Through
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The Strawbs - Time And Life
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The Strawbs - To Be Free
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The Strawbs - Tokyo Rosie
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The Strawbs - Tomorrow
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The Strawbs - Turn Me Round
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The Strawbs - Two Separate People
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The Strawbs - Two Weeks Last Summer
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The Strawbs - Under a Cloudless Sky
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The Strawbs - Wasting My Time Thinking Of You
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The Strawbs - Ways And Means
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The Strawbs - We Can Make It Together
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The Strawbs - We'll Meet Again Sometime
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The Strawbs - When The Lights Came On
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The Strawbs - When You Were a Child
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The Strawbs - Where Am I/i'll Show You Where To Sleep
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The Strawbs - Where do You (when You Need a Hole To Crawl In)
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The Strawbs - Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth
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The Strawbs - Whichever Way The Wind Blows
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The Strawbs - Who Knows Where The Time Goes
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The Strawbs - WHY
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The Strawbs - Why And Wherefore
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The Strawbs - Will You Go
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The Strawbs - Witchwood
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The Strawbs - Words Of Wisdom
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The Strawbs - You And I (when We Were Young)
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The Strawbs - You Keep Going Your Way
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The Strawbs - You Never Needed Water
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The Strawbs - Young Again
The Battle
The Strawbs
Shivered in the damp
But the shiver came not from the cold
And spread throughout the camp
The trembling horses sensed the fear
Of silent thoughtful men
Who prayed that wives and families
Might see them once again.
The bishops sent a dawn patrol
To investigate the weight
Of forces at the King's command
Ensconced behind the gate
The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
As they drew close enough to show
The sentries on the battlements
And an archer drew his bow.
From the topmost tower a sentry fell
As an arrow pierced his skull
And his headlong flight into the moat
Seemed that of a gull
The patrol reported little
There was nothing much to see
But the strong and silent castle
A symbol of the free.
The King's men took communion
As the first rays of the sun
Lit up the castle's gloomy walls
The fatal day begun
From the castle green the rooks took flight
To the high trees in the east
To their carrion minds the battlefield
Set a table for a feast.
A tide of black, the Bishops' men,
Equality their right
Swarmed like ants across the hill
Their aim at last in sight
The King's men dressed in purest white
Were driven back by force
And the fighting grew more violent
As the battle took its course.
The Bishops gave the order
No mercy to be shown
The sacrifice will reap rewards
When the King is overthrown
The sight of children lying dead
Made hardened soldiers weep
The outer walls began to fall
They moved towards the keep.
The rooks surveyed the battlefield
Their hungry beady eyes
Revelled in the sight of death
Showing no surprise
The pressure mounted steadily
As the Bishops neared the gate
And the desperate King called to his knights
"It's your lives or the State".
When the anxious King began to fail
As many thought he might
The Queen ran screaming round the walls
And urged the men to fight
The Bishops' men were tiring
As the afternoon drew late
And the King's men lowered the drawbridge
And poured out through the gate.
They fought their way across the bridge
The men like falling leaves
Or ears of corn that fall in swathes
The vicious sickle cleaves
The tide receded up the hill
The waste of reclaimed land
Once decaying swamp became
A shore of pure white sand.
A blinded priest was seen to bless
Both dying and the dead
As he stumbled around the battlefield
His cassock running red
If uniform were black or white
His eyes could never see
And death made no distinction
Whatever man he be.
As darkness fell both camps withdrew
Their soldiers slain like cattle
Leaving the rooks to feast alone
The victors of the battle
At evensong both camps reviewed
Their sad depleted ranks
As survivors of the battle
Gave God their grateful thanks.