so on the 14th May I finally managed to post my 1000th video and it’s taken years to get to that figure, I think that if I uploaded all my music that I currently have in my music library I suspect that the figure would be at least 1200 if not more.
So here is to the next 1000!
So I ran the half marathon and finished in 2.07 which is good as I did no training for it.
Verse 1:
Earth, you are the only home we know
You give us life and love, you make us glow
You show us wonders every day, from the rainbow to the star
You fill our hearts with joy and awe, you make us who we are
Chorus:
Earth, you are the beauty of the world
You are the star that shines, you are the pearl
You are the song that we sing, you are the dream that we share
You are the reason we live, you are the one that we care
Verse 2:
Earth, you are the challenge that we face
You need our help and hope, you need our grace
You teach us how to be kind and smart, how to protect and restore
You inspire us to do our part, to give you something more
Chorus:
Earth, you are the beauty of the world
You are the star that shines, you are the pearl
You are the song that we sing, you are the dream that we share
You are the reason we live, you are the one that we care
Bridge:
Earth, you are the future that we hold
You have the power and the wisdom, you have the gold
You have the answers that we seek, you have the vision that we need
You have the courage that we lack, you have the faith that we heed
Chorus:
Earth, you are the beauty of the world
You are the star that shines, you are the pearl
You are the song that we sing, you are the dream that we share
You are the reason we live, you are the one that we care.
So tomorrow which to me will be the 21 Jan 2024 I am going to run a half marathon, this is no small undertaking and I know that it will be hard.
I have run a half before back in Dec 2023 so I know I can do the distance, when I rang that one, I did it on my own with no food or water just music to listen to.
This time I will have 2500 others running passed me and jelly babies!
I will be happy just to completed it, if I can get under two hours I will be very surprised as I have not really done that much training for it, I do run 4 times a week so I am not going into the run cold.
I will let you know how I did in a later post.
So its a new year and the good news is that I have quite a few new music tracks that I will be releasing over the next few weeks.
The number of tracks?
I think there are at the last count 30 new tracks!
I could release them 2 each day or something like that, I am not sure what the best way is to release them.
Sp I hope to start pushing them out real soon.
So I do the free 5k parkrun each Saturday.
So I am very happy to report that today I did my 250th pakrun.
I am so pleased to have managed this milestone.
The next milestone is 500 runs so it will take 5 years to do this….
So this is my first post of 2024 it will be interesting to see how many posts I manage to do this year.
Hopefully there will be more song lyrics, as I seem to like them! And more music tracks, perhaps some more photos of her as well.
So I have an iPad , which I have had for a few years now, I mainly use it for reading and composing music.
Unfortunately the music generation program is only avavaible on iOS or windows otherwise I would by a android tablet as they are cheaper than iPads, which are nice but I think are over priced.
The only thing wrong with my iPad is the stupid lightning connector port, it really is not a very robust design, and I am now having trouble getting it to charge.
So look to get a new iPad, the problem is I need a large memory iPad 128mb or bigger due to the music files that I create.
Verse 1:
I've travelled the world and seen many wonders
But nothing delights me like the green fields of England
Where the sun smiles bright and the birds sing cheerful
And the air is pure and sweet
Chorus:
Oh, the green fields of England
How they fill my heart with joy in the summer
When the flowers dance and the grass is soft
And the sky is clear and bright
Oh, the green fields of England
How I wish I could be there in the summer
With my guitar in my hand and my love in my arms
And nothing to worry about
Verse 2:
I've sung many songs and met many people
But nothing inspires me like the green fields of England
Where the music soars and the stories unfold
And the history is alive
Chorus:
Oh, the green fields of England
How they lift my spirit up in the summer
When the melodies soar and the words are true
And the spirit is free and high
Oh, the green fields of England
How I want to share them in the summer
With my friends and my fans and my family too
And everyone who cares for me
Bridge:
Some may call me a dreamer or a wanderer
But I know where I belong and where I want to go
It's to the green fields of England
Where I feel at home and where I'm happy
Chorus:
Oh, the green fields of England
How they warm my soul in the summer
When the breeze is gentle and the warmth is kind
And the peace is deep and real
Oh, the green fields of England
How I hope to return there in the summer
Where my heart is full and my soul is calm
And my love is strong and real
Outro:
Oh, the green fields of England
Oh, the green fields of England
Oh, the green fields of England
Oh, the green fields of England
So this is version two of my Green Fields of England song, I have rewritten it for a female voice and tried to make it easier to sing,
I don't know if that is something that I have managed to achieve here.
Verse 1:
London’s skyline has changed so much over time From old St. Paul’s to the Shard and the Eye Buildings come and go as the years pass by And so do the people with their dreams and cries
Chorus:
Le ciel de Londres est brillant Il nous raconte le passé et l’avenir Le ciel de Londres est unique Il me rend fière et humble à la fois
Verse 2:
London’s skyline shines bright in the night With neon signs and stars in the sky London’s skyline mirrors the Thames With bridges and boats and the moon on high
Chorus:
Le ciel de Londres est brillant Il nous raconte le passé et l’avenir Le ciel de Londres est unique Il me rend fière et humble à la fois
Verse 3:
J’ai vu le ciel de Londres changer avec les saisons Du vert du printemps au doré de l’automne J’ai vu les fleurs naître et les feuilles mourir Et la neige et la pluie les recouvrir
Chorus:
Le ciel de Londres est brillant Il nous raconte le passé et l’avenir Le ciel de Londres est unique Il me rend fière et humble à la fois
Verse 4:
London’s skyline stands strong through the storms And the rainbows and sunsets that follow them London’s skyline inspires many hearts And the songs and poems that honour them
Chorus:
Le ciel de Londres est brillant Il nous raconte le passé et l’avenir Le ciel de Londres est unique Il me rend fière et humble à la fois
Verse 5:
I love the views of London from every angle From the hills and the parks to the roofs and the streets I love the views of London in every moment From the dawn and the dusk to the noon and the night
Chorus:
Le ciel de Londres est brillant Il nous raconte le passé et l’avenir Le ciel de Londres est unique Il me rend fière et humble à la fois
Outro:
Le ciel de Londres est bril-lant Il nous ra-conte le pas-sé et l’a-ve-nir Le ciel de Londres est u-ni-que Il me rend fiè-re et hum-ble à la fois Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
This is my version two of a previous song of mine that I have posted on this Blog
what do you think of it?
is this better a better version compared to the earlier one?
Is it more singable? is that even a word ?
Does the French bit even work?
Should I even have a French section?
I really don't know the answer to these questions, but it is fun to ask them.
I sadly have had the idea of a version three of this song as there are some changes that I want to make.
So for some reason I decided to look at the blog stats of this blog, this is normally a complete waste of time as normally this blog sits at one or possibly two views a day.
The main reason for this being that I don't post very regularly and I just don't prepote the site, as its a notebook of odd thoughts for me.
so you can imagine my surprise e to see that somehow this blog has had in the last few day 173 views!
I don't know what has been the cause of this sudden increase, but thats is what has happened.
When I looked into the stats that I have available to me, which is not many, I found to my surprise that 16 times a site in France has looked at the site in seven fays, why?
This site is in a poor form of English, there is I must state here, two songs that are partly in French surely that cant be the reason for the sudden interest in this site?
Most of what I talk about here will be nower days about either my si=ong writing or my music tracks.
Back in the day it would have been about what new part of the website I was doing or even what book I was reading and sometimes I would also talk about that most English of things the Weather!
So I don't have a clue why French web crawlers or actual people are interested in my site.