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Leland Wheeler
Memorial
1952-2022
I Dedicate to my beloved friend & Fellow Traveler as a tribute from me and all others whose lives he touched. Thankyou, Jaff Seijas
Leland sings The Last of England. Lyrics by Jaff Seijas/Music by Del Borough
Liberation
The decocooning chrysalis,
retains memory of the caterpillar experience,
moving across the surface of a leaf
it is consuming-
but knows not, as yet,
the freedom of wings.
Where is the land we dreamed of?
Where too now, the hopes we bore?
Are we but the “Last of England
Heading for a distant shore?
I knew you once as Titania
Then again as Fanny Price
Mansfield Park’s another suburb
Catherine’s left her Wuthering Heights…
But we are lost
We’re adrift on the sea
We can’t see
Stormy weather
Rain and fog - Oh
I was Peter
You were Wendy
Never-Never land we found
When we heard the air raid siren
We huddled in the Underground
I have been Robin of Locksley
Nelson’s ghost at Trafalgar Square
A Dandy with a green carnation
The Beatles with their tossled hair
Pack a bag
We’ll travel lightly
Wave bye to Dad and old Mum too
Leave the High Street and the Taxis
Come on now
Let’s bid Adieu.
Where is the land we dreamed of?
Where too now, the hopes we bore?
Are we but the “Last of England”
Heading for a distant shore?
I would be King - You would be the Queen - We would rule and reign For -ever more.
(London Bridge is falling…. falling down…London Bridge is falling Darling…
Get out of Town…)