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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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