Here you will find a collection of London songs inspired by its history. From June 2010 -June 2011 I began to showcase the Old East End of London. For a year I posted weekly videos telling factual tales and then wrote and released a song inspired by the same story. These instalments are all laid out below, London songs are free to download.
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Wk.5 Thomas Burke’s ‘The Chink & The Child’ I
‘Sunshine From The East’
Now for something tricky. I found a great old story set in London’s East End and thought, why not write a trilogy! This week it’s the first instalment of three songs based on a 100 year old short story written by Thomas Burke incredibly entitled ‘The Chink And The Child’ and set in London’s East End. This is called ‘Sunshine From The East’.
Play/download song above, view video for story. Lyrics available here
