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Cradle of the Railways

by Citizen Songwriters

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    releases July 15, 2022

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1.
Shildon Town
2.
Wonderful Giants of Old
3.
Footsteps of Giants
4.
Lean on Me
5.
Set the World on Track (Live) 03:51
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Arise from my bed at 6.30 Put on my hobnail boots Step into the streets so lonely To follow my father’s routes Soon, one by one we’re marching Heading for the Wagon Works Every door a shaft of light, Another joins the fight Til a sea of blue of overalls Trickle becomes stream The boy becomes a man Iron forged to wheel The day has just begun Set the world on track Set it all into motion Set the towns a-dancing You and I will be the ocean And boy we are the graft Of steel, strength, togetherness and pride My grandfather walked with way before me And his father was a blacksmith son They grew mighty with success Hardship and distress From the pit until they came up black Put away my old school blazer I’m off to learn my trade Nerves take hold, a strange new world Fifty lads hope to find their place The siding feeds the branch line And branch line feeds the main A sea of blue went marching through No prouder could we be Set the world on track Set it all into motion Set the towns a-dancing You and I will be the ocean And boy we are the graft Of steel, strength and pride And let the world come back To find a place called Shildon See what it’s all about From the Wagon Works to Locomotion And come to the source of the trickle And let the river flow again and turn the tide Though 40 years have past Since I worked my last Not a day goes by Without the question on my mind “Can you every lose your place in history?” Without knowledge of one of history You’ll never find your destiny Trickle becomes stream And stream becomes a river River meets the sea And turns the tides of history Some days we may be a trickle But we will become a stream And the people will find the sea And they’ll become like the wave That turns the tides on Shildon’s legacy

about

The album features five tracks recorded at Shildon Railway Institute between February - April 2022. Four of these were written in community workshops in Shildon and tell stories from the landmark first steam-hauled passenger journey in 1825, to life at the Wagon Works in the 1980s as well as songs that celebrate Shildon's heritage and culture. The song 'Set the World on Track' was recorded live at the inaugural performance of songs at Shildon Railway Institute on 1st April 2022. The rest of the songs were professionally recorded with singers and musicians from Shildon and the surrounding area with Graham Kay from Xtrasonic Media.

credits

releases July 15, 2022

Track 1 written by Sam Slatcher & Alexandra Summerson
Track 2 written by Sam Slatcher
Track 3 written by Rosie Bradford
Track 4 written by Bill Withers. Arranged by Rosie Bradford.
Track 5 written by Sam Slatcher & Colin White,

Tracks 1, 2, 3 and written with Citizen Songwriters participants.

Artwork by John Wigston, used with permission from The Railway Station Shop: www.therailwaystation.shop

Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 5 copyright Citizen Songwriters 2022.
Tracks 4 copyright Bill Withers 1972.
Funded by Durham County Council Culture, Sport and Tourism Service.

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Sam Slatcher Durham, UK

Sam Slatcher is a folk singer-songwriter living in Durham, North East England. His honest and reflective songwriting, delivered with a calming and delicate voice captures the warmth of humanity and a longing for peace and justice.

To date, Sam has released his first EP 'In Unlikely Places (April 2018), the collaborative album 'Stories of Sanctuary' (Nov 2018) and 'Chaos & Solitude' (May 2020) ... more

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