We drove across the Pennines

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We drove across the Pennines East to West
Hoping to extend our holiday
Snow fell down till once black crags were dressed

Imagination should foresee such tests
Fierce as polar storms ,as mad as prayer
we drove across the Pennines East to West

We passed through Bakewell did not stop to rest
Buxton was far worse with snow like may
Snow fell strongly ,oh wild crags were dressed

See these visions, travel if you must
See the sea freeze .see ice in Lyme Bay
We drove across Great Britain East to West

Now it’s North to South as Brexit asked
Hear the people swear and curse and bray
Snow fell till the people lost all zest

Now my love has gone, the car’s not here
Crushed to a flat metal I can’t steer
We drove across the Pennines and we laughed
The sheep stared out, the crows cawed at half mast