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Wild Dogs of London

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Currently semi finalist in the UK 2016 Songwriting Competition.

Wild Dogs of London started as a romanticised song about the wildlife of London. That is the foxes, crows and squirrels and blackbirds I see from my balcony in east London.

After reading about the Celtic history and that of the London Underground and its ghosts I discovered that ancient Druids, early Christian sites and original underground lines around Central London share very similar haunting histories. This is where I got the inspiration for the chorus.

I kept to the theme for the next two verses. That is the Celtic history. My research began with Celts in London and discovered they were once the most powerful people in central and north Britain around 500BC. The priest or Druid was the link between the supernatural and the underworld.

There were gods and goddesses that took on characters of animals and birds. Herne the Hunter, the ghost in my narrative was the Pagan fertility god, the male fertilic power of nature. He wore deer skins, and mask with stag horns, and has 50 ghost foxes riding with him actually seen on the Isle of Dogs as legend has it!

The Saxons obliterated the Celtic places of worship in London. The rise of Christianity was the end of Herne the Hunter.

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Wild Dogs of London –

1- As the bell tolls the black bird soars
There’s time for the boatman to rest his oars
As the Witch of St Pancras crosses the Fleet
And makes her way to Hampstead Heath
Time for rest your weary mind
As I travel on the District Line
Black is the uniform red is my wine
Grey is the matter on my mind

Chorus:
Thirteen rivers and brooks of London flow
Once they passed through field and snow
As the wild dogs of London hurry by
Stepping out under east London skies

2- His ghost has been seen over the years
50 white hounds with red tipped ears
Of Herne the Hunter of folklore and myth
His dogs calling him back into the mist
The ghostly hunter riding the sky
Dressed in skins with his pack close by
Domain of demons warn the wise
Transform them selves in this disguise

Chorus:
Thirteen rivers and brooks of London flow
Once they passed through field and snow
As the wild dogs of London hurry by
I step out under east London skies

3- History fades only the legend survives
Herne the Hunter Goddess Diana by his side
We will never know can’t understand
Why his ghost rides this urban land
From as far as Windsor to the Isle of Dogs
He rides through Pembrokeshire, West Country fog,
Once known as Londo the “wild place”
Home to London memory trace

Chorus:
Thirteen rivers and brooks of London flow
Once they passed through field and snow
As the wild dogs of London hurry by
I step out under east London skies

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from Wild Dogs of London, released July 7, 2016

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Before London Jeremy studied at Australian Institute of Music, connected with Debra jazz vocalist and won 1st place with Love's Dance 2001. Debra completed her last residency in Sydney, moved to London, to work on this record Wild Dogs of London. Four tracks are semi finalists 2016 UK SW Competition. Unfinished Business finalist jazz & blues category. Jem's 1957 Hoffner features in Circling Above. ... more

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