Misc Traditional – The Little White Town By The Sea (Guitar)

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There’s a town that I love in the west country,

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Where the Torridge flows down to the sea,

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With white-painted houses all facing the tide,

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It’s Bideford town – my heart’s

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Oh Bideford, little white town by the sea,

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How dearly your memory lingers with me,

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Though I may wander wherever I be,

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I’ll come back to your quay by the sea.

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I remember the market, the old pannier too,

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And the scent of the sea in the air,

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The boats on the Torridge all bobbing in line,

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And sunsets no painter could spare.

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Oh Bideford, little white town by the sea,

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How dearly your memory lingers with me,

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Though I may wander wherever I be,

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I’ll come back to your quay by the sea.

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Now I live far away from that river so wide,

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But its waters still flow through my dreams,

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And I’ll raise up a glass to that sweet Devon town,

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Where nothing is quite as it seems.

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Oh Bideford little white town by the sea

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How dearly your memory lingers with me

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Though I may wander whereveri be

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I'll come back to your quay by the sea