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Poem by A D Godley set to music in whole tones by D W Solomons

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What is it that roareth thus? [English translation below]
Can it be a Motor Bus?
Yes, the smell and hideous hum
Indicat Motorem Bum...
Implet in the Corn and High
Terror me Motoris Bi
Bo motori clamitabo
Ne motore caedar a bo...
Dative be or Ablative
So thou only let us live
Whither shall thy victims flee?
Spare us, spare us Motor Be....
Thus I sang and still anigh
Came in hordes Motores Bi
Et complebat omne forum
Copia Motorum Borum!
How shall wretches live like us
Cincti bis Motoribus
Domine defende nos
Contra nos motores bos!

- A.D. Godley


[English Translation]

What is is that roars so,
Can it be a motor bus?
Yes the smell and hideous hum
Indicates a motor bus...
In the Cornmarket and the High Street
Fear of the motor bus fills me
I call out to the motor bus
Lest I be killed by the motor bus
Dative be or Ablative
So thou only let us live
Whither shall thy victims flee?
Spare us, spare us Motor Bus....
So I sang and on and on
Motor buses came in hordes
And the whole market place was filled
With a host of motor buses
How shall wretches live like us
Beleaguered by motor buses
Lord defend us
From these motor buses!

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from So, what would happen if .​.​., released March 2, 2015

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David Warin Solomons Sale, UK

Composer from UK born in 1953, concentrating on lyrical and tonal works for chamber music combinations, solo voice and choral works.

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