Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago

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LYRICS:
These paths and lanes I've walked along
So many times before
They've barely changed throughout the years
Still steeped in days of yore
Old memories cry out to me
And tales of family lore

The cottage where I used to live
Lies empty now looking sad
I smile as I recall once more
The happy times I had
But that was oh so long ago
When I was just a lad

St Martin's church with steeple tall
Stands proudly on the hill
My uncle Joe once rang those bells
I hear them ringing still
Old Joe's now buried there
Along with auntie Jill

The farmland stretching out for miles
Has hardly changed at all
And those cows in the fields
Are just as I recall
The trees I used to climb
Still stand there by the wall

I slowly walk back to my car
Parked there beside the green
I think about the friends I had
Now gone or never seen
A one-hour drive and I'll be home
She'll ask... "Where have you been?"

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"These Paths and Lanes" - Words & Music copyright Robert Haigh 2024.
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