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A LULLABY FOR PETERBOROUGH

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Footsteps round the Serpentine
Watching birds playing in the lake-shine

Footsteps round the Serpentine
Watching birds playing in the lake-shine

I Pass The Tump in Hampton
I know I’m going home to lay my head down

Passing Black cat Roundabout
I know I’m going home to Peterborough Town

Grace hears the tweet tweet tweet
And she’s falling asleep to the sound

Hannah hears the crunch crunch crunch
And she dreams of the feelings she’s found

By Annabel Lloyd

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Sit in Central Park drinking tea
Listening to the whispering willow tree

Sit in Central Park drinking tea
Listening to the whispering willow tree

Passing Peterborough Cathedral
I Know I’m going home to lay my head down

Passing Eye Village Sign
I know I’m going home to Peterborough town

Noah hears the swish swish swish
And he’s falling asleep to the sound

Noah hears the swish swish swish
And he dreams of the feelings he’s found

By Hannah Smith

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Singing in Ferry Meadows
Watching how the calming river flows

Singing in Ferry Meadows
Watching how the calming river flows

I pass my son Jack’s School
I know I’m going home to lay my head down

I pass my son Jack’s School
I know I’m going home to Peterborough Town

Ollie hears the quack, quack, quack
And he’s falling asleep to the sound

Ollie hears the quack, quack, quack
And he dreams of the feelings he’s found

By Kursty Morrison

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Racing round the Hampton Lakes
Calling gratitudes as the birds wake

Racing round the Hampton Lakes
Calling gratitudes as the birds wake

I pass the Tump in Hampton
I know I’m going home to lay my head down

I pass the Tump in Hampton
I know I’m going home to Peterborough Town

Alex hears the tweet, tweet, tweet
And he’s falling asleep to the sound

Alex hears the tweet, tweet, tweet
And he dreams of the feelings he’s found

By Bex Bridges

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Passing Black cat Roundabout
I know I’m going home to lay my head down

Passing Black cat Roundabout
I know I’m home in Peterborough town

Written with local parents and composer Laura Wright.

With thanks to the parents who shared their memories and songs with us.

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