Devon General

by Pat Orchard

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The Devon General was an old red Double Decker bus that used to slowly climb the tors and crawl its way along the lanes to take a sailor from Plymouth to meet with his sweetheart, a nurse, who
lived in the village of Widecombe In The Moor.
Love is Timeless.

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The Devon General red faced and wheezing
Climbs the Dartmoor hill.
His body’s old his joints they are seizing
Runny nose radiator grill

Pull the string for my stops approaching
Down the stairs she’s waiting there.
The General leaves with diesel belching
His boots are squelching
As those church bells ring.

Hand in hand we walk the bridal
A tidal wave of golden gorse
Sweeps us up onto the horizon
Silhouettes on ancient tors

The village green far below us
Were higher then the spire now
And with the sunlight bright above us
These two lovers
Hear those church bells ring

So won't you come
Won't you come
So won't you come
To Widecombe Fair
To Widecombe Fair
With me

Where once the fare
Now I’m the driver
With little time for the time of day
The roads are wider straighter and faster
So much better well so they say

But here’s a dream that I hold precious,
It’s the scene of the two of us.
The day I kissed you at the bus stop
You said I must not
‘till those church bells ring

credits

released February 19, 2021
Guitar and Vocals by Pat Orchard
The bells! The bells! performed by Leandro Quasimodo Zilberberg

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Pat Orchard England, UK

Newborn. Africa. Child. Rebelled.
Exmouth. School. Fool. Expelled.

Homeless. Drifter. Dole. Broke.
Guitar. Busker. Dreamer. Hope.

Support. Headline. MTV.
Touted. Guest list. VIP.

No Deal - Big Deal. Life's a Song.
My Voice. My Choice. Moving On.

Goodbye Smoke. Westward Bound.
Devon. Heaven. Ancient Ground.

Builder. Home. Catherine. Wife.
Fern. Dylan. Father. Life ... more

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