This song was beginning to get popular play
It is a nostalgic reflection - thank you.

Sung by the Irish band "Red Claire"
Words by Colin Auty (Dewsbury East)

SAVILE TOWN - WHERE IS IT GONE?

Ali shops on the corner,
And there are Mosques all over town.
24 hours a day kebab house,
Asian taxis run by Crown.
This little piece of England,
Green and often pleasant land, why the hell am I complaining,
And why don't I understand.

Chorus:
And I say.
Where is the chapel, where my grandma used to pray?
Where is the alehouse, where my father drank each day?
Where is the butchers shop, our mam would buy her pork?
Where have all the white folks gone, who used to stop and talk?

The bookies halfway down our street,
Are long since gone as well.
And Dr Watson ís been replaced,
By a man they call Patel.
It ís curried rice and foreign dips,
No British fish & chips.
And the languages that we hear all day,
Come from foreign lips.

Repeat Chorus.

The bowling green and veterans club,
Are now a ghostly past.
It ís mainly used for cricket now,
Bangladesh were batting last.
If it ís drugs you lack, you'll find your smack,
And the dealer promises more,
If next time youíll pass, you'll bring a lass,
Of 12 and not much more.

Repeat Chorus.


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