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A Wild Utopian Dream

  • Alex Glasgow
  • Last night I dreamed a dream, a wild Utopian dream
    The air was fresh and clean, the streets were white as cream
    The river flowed so crystal clear
    The cheerful children all appeared
    And full of pride they gaily cried, Our lungs are free from fear
    Our lungs are free from fear

    Last night I dreamed a dream, a wild Utopian dream
    The grass was freshand green, there were no slums to be seen
    The dole queues had gone away
    The workers worked a four-hour day
    The foundries rang, the mill-girls sang like nightingales in May
    Like nightingales in May

    Last night I dreamed a dream, a wild Utopian dream
    This morning I awoke to clouds of dirty smoke
    The sparrows coughed their morning song
    The slums were back, the queues were long
    The dust lies deep, the trees all weep, oh send me back to sleep
    And give me back my dream

    (as sung by Iain MacKintosh)

Susannes Folksong-Notizen

  • [1984:] I think Glasgow's a much better place to live now than it was before. Nowadays there are salmon swimming in the Clyde, the air is cleaner than it has been at any other time in this century. But it wasn't always like that. When I was a kid playing football we used to have to be very careful not to kick the ball up in the air too high - in case it stayed there ... (Iain MacKintosh, intro 'Home For A While')

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