The King Of Rome

[00:01.71] (David Sudbury)
[00:08.09] In the West End of Derby lives a working man
[00:13.55] He says 'I can't fly but me pigeons can
[00:18.03] And when I set them free
[00:20.72] It's just like part of me
[00:24.34] Gets lifted up on shining wings'
[00:30.58] Charlie *Hudson's* pigeon loft was down the yard
[00:35.95] Of a rented house in Brook Street where life was hard
[00:40.58] But Charlie had a dream
[00:44.14] And in 1913
[00:46.84] Charlie bred a pigeon that made his dream come true
[00:53.19] There was gonna be a champions' race from Italy
[00:57.69] 'Look at the maps, all that land and sea
[01:03.05] Charlie, you'll lose that bird'
[01:05.84] But Charlie never heard
[01:08.51] He put it in a basket and sent it off to Rome
[01:15.74] On the day o' the big race a storm blew in
[01:20.26] A thousand birds were swept away and never seen again
[01:25.65] 'Charlie we told you so
[01:28.15] Surely by now you know
[01:38.00] 'Yeah, I know, but I had to try
[01:43.46] A man can crawl around or he can learn to fly
[01:47.90] And if you live 'round here
[01:51.59] The ground seems awful near
[01:54.26] Sometimes I need a lift from victory'
[02:00.68] I was off with me mates for a pint or two
[02:05.17] When I saw a wing flash up in the blue
[02:08.73] 'Charlie, it's the King of Rome
[02:11.42] Come back to his West End home
[02:15.07] Come outside quick, he's perched up on your roof'
[02:20.47] 'Come on down, Your Majesty
[02:26.84] I knew you'd make it back to me
[02:30.47] Come on down, you lovely one
[02:36.71] You made me dream come true'
[02:42.17] In the West End of Derby lives a working man
[02:47.68] He says 'I can't fly but me pigeons can
[02:53.06] And when I set them free
[02:56.65] It's just like part of me
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