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Thread #174403   Message #4229479
Posted By: Pappy Fiddle
30-Sep-25 - 09:46 PM
Thread Name: Songs about David Oluwale-Leeds homeless black man
Subject: RE: Songs about David Oluwale-Leeds homeless black man
MO FE LO LE
(Gary McVeigh-Kaye)

Across the sea
To the streets of Leeds
Chasing girls
Chasing dreams

The boys in blue
Had a different view
They chased David
To a place that ?? you

Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
I want to go home

Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
I want to go home

Don't ?? feel well
No cozy bed
He is in Menston
With a shock to the head

On the streets once more
Killed in a shop door
No protection from
The long arm of the law

Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
I want to go home

Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
I want to go home

The charge-sheet read
Oluwale was dead
It wasn't our fault
Ellerker and Kitching said

Your PC Jones
We'll chill to the bone
In a moment of truth
Sent David's soul home

Ilui ti sumi
'Til the tides have turned
Ilui ti sumi
'Til the lesson's learned
Ilui ti sumi
Until we find a home
David Oluwale died alone

The law's the law
Unless you're black or poor
Half the world still turns
One thing is sure

To England's shame
It happens again
Same old crime
Just different names

Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
I want to go home

Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
Mo Fe Lo Le
I want to go home

I grabbed these lyrics off Youtube's "transcript" function at
https://youtu.be/j9y8grSeJjU
There were lots of errors, I corrected them as best I could
WB