THE TOTLEY SONG

"Totley's Our Home" was composed and written by a group of Totley people including residents of the Leonard Cheshire Home in July 2009, as part of Totley Music Festival.  They were:  Elaine Bunn, Alison Hanbridge, Craig Dransfield, Charles Pace, Elaine Purkiss, Elizabeth Weston, Darren, Sue Hare, George and Avril Critchley, and Hilary Blythe - all working with Sally Goldsmith on the accordion.

Lyrics:

Totley's Our Home

composed by Totley and Mickley Hall residents with Sally Goldsmith

1. The blackbird at dawn in Mickley Hall garden,
Sunlight on the Brook in Gillyfield Wood,
Badgers and foxes return to their slumbers,
Bluebells, anemones bursting in bud.

Chorus:

Totley's our home, Totley's our village,
Where people are friendly, a place we adore;
Totley's our home, Totley's our village,
The edge of the city, close to the moor.

2. The smell of the heather wafts down from the hillside,
The purple invites you to walk and explore,
Curlews are bubbling one to another,
Bracken and birch and deer on the moor.

Chorus:

Totley's our home, Totley's our village,
Where people are friendly, a place we adore;
Totley's our home, Totley's our village,
The edge of the city, close to the moor.

3. Shops on the Rise, churches in hollows,
Swings, bikes and footballs inside Greenoak Park ,
A book from the Library to read before bedtime,
Sunsets over Blacka before it gets dark.

Chorus:

Totley's our home, Totley's our village,
Where people are friendly, a place we adore;
Totley's our home, Totley's our village,
The edge of the city, close to the moor.
The edge of the city, close to the moor.