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Thread #169212 Message #4070223
Posted By: GerryM
31-Aug-20 - 05:35 AM
Thread Name: Songs from the Mudcat Worldwide Singaround
Subject: RE: Mudcat Worldwide Singaround - On Zoom Mondays
I'm hoping to sing Used To Be A River, written by Sydneysider Craig Edmondson. I haven't found lyrics nor video anywhere on the web, so I'll post them here. The song, as Craig sings it, is not suitable for unaccompanied singing, so I've rearranged it as a call-and-response song, with the responses in parentheses.
Used to Be a River Craig Edmondson
1. This used to be a river (used to be a river) But now it is a sewer (now it is a sewer) But it used to be a river, And I wonder where the river got to go.
Chorus: These changes, I have seen, I have seen To the people and the places Dear to me, dear to me.
2. This used to be a mountain (used to be a mountain) But now it is a golf course (now it is a golf course) But it used to be a mountain, And I wonder where the mountain got to go.
Chorus
3. This used to be a forest (used to be a forest) But now it is a Kmart (now it is a Kmart) But it used to be a forest, And I wonder where the forest got to go.
Chorus
4. You used to be my baby (used to be my baby) But now you are a stranger (now you are a stranger) But You used to be my baby, And I wonder where my baby got to go.