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The Babes in The Wood
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Dedicated to the families of Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway. Lyric: Dawn Sinclair...Music and performance: Ron Gletherow. The song is shortly to be out on CD and all royalties and profits to go to Children's Charities...contact me for details
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English lyricist working with dozens of composers and artists
I am a lyricist working with many composers and artists around the world and most frequently with 2 guys, Juri Rosenfeld and Mark Ellis who, although their styles are entirely different, are both extremely talented as musicians and composers, as well as producers. Along with these two, with whom I have written more than 50 songs....I have been most fortunate to collaborate with so many others that the list is almost endless but two very talented ladies spring to mind: Dawn Diamond and Amy Caldwell, who have not only both composed for my words but have also both are possessed of beautiful voices and have sung many, many times on songs I have written. There is no ONE genre I write for, since a lyricist has to be able to write for ANY category and I do, but one thing I try to be always, is honest in my work because when there is integrity, there is a way to relate to the song and if occasionally I meander into the poetic, it is because I am and always have been, since the age of 13 years, a poet...but that doesn't mean everything I write is flowery or full of metaphors...as I say, I strive always to be real and of course, most importantly, to be as unique as possible.
Song Info
Genre
Pop Pop Rock
Charts
Peak #183
Peak in subgenre #38
Author
Ron Gletherow/Dawn Sinclair
Rights
Gletherow/Sinclair
Uploaded
August 04, 2007
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MP3 6.3 MB 128 kbps 6:52
Story behind the song
Karen Hadaway(10) and Nicola Fellows(9) were strangled in a park not far from their homes in Moulescomb, Brighton, England in 1986. No one has ever paid the price for this crime and to hi-lite this fact, and with respect to their long-suffering families, we wrote this gentle tribute. To Sue, Barry, Michelle, Jonathan, Nigel, Ian and everyone else we have got to know through the making of this song, we send our love and best wishes for closure.
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The Babes In The Wood lyric Dawn Sinclair music Ron Gletherow They were children like any others with caring fathers and loving mothers just playing games not far from home always together, never alone bridge And it's been more than 2 decades since their souls departed their fingerprints Yet are we any closer to knowing the truth Where is the closure, the damning proof ch1 For Nicola and Karen The Babes in the Wood we still remember we always should For nine years of life was never enough to learn that living doesn't always have to be that tough v2 They’d been talking ‘bout Christmas presents a subject so pure and pleasant each one confided what they were hoping blind to the dangers interloping b And it's been more than 2 decades since their souls departed their fingerprints Yet are we any closer to knowing the truth Where is the closure, the damning proof c2 For Nicola and Karen The Babes in the Wood we’ll never forget them no we never could For nine years of life was never enough to learn that living doesn't always have to be that tough V3 Was he a close friend of the family? Was he known to them? Maybe. A man found guilty, was committed But later on he was acquitted 2 And it's been more than 2 decades since their souls departed their fingerprints Yet are we any closer to knowing the truth Where is the closure, the damning proof For Nicola and Karen The Babes in the Wood we’ll never forget them no we never could For nine years of life was never enough to learn that living need not always be that tough outro There must be proof out there to find Please someone, give us peace of mind And though it won’t bring them back, at least Let the Babes in the Wood now rest in peace For Nicola and Karen The Babes in the Wood we’ll never forget them no we never could For nine years of life was never enough to learn that living need not always be that tough
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Tammy Swindell
Dec 14, 2007
Such a beautiful tribute to two little girls that could have been anybody's children. This brings tears when I listen, and chills run down my back, SO touching. The Video is a must see.
Mark Ellis
Dec 02, 2007
Deserves all the stars, and deserves to be successfull.. no more to be said.