There’s a place close to my heart
Where my life had its start
A place called Nottingham
That’s where I came from
Since I left the years have passed
They seem to go so fast
It seems so long ago
But I’ve not forgotten
In The Bell was always where we met
The best pint of Mansfield you could get
Maybe then The Salutation and The Trip To Jerusalem
There’s nowhere like it
Except on Sundays when we would tend to be
At the TBI and then The Aviary
Happy pub crawling memories
When we were young and carefree
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Nottingham, the background to my memories
Nottingham, you’re part of who I am
And I will always recount fondly
That I was born and bred in Nottingham
Going to watch The Pies at Meadow Lane
The family cricket match at Highfields once again
Down to Bulwell Market with my mum
A game of snooker and a beer at Barker’s
Pitch and putt at Woodthorpe Park as well
Goose Fair cast a huge magical spell
The breathtaking view from Castle Rock
All the way to Trent Bridge and Green’s Windmill
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Remember Nottingham’s greatest like we should
Jesse Boot, William Booth and Robin Hood
Albert Ball, John Player, Torville and Dean
D. H. Lawrence and Lord Byron
William Clark, Derek Randall and William Gunn
All the cricket legends one by one
Bill Voce and Harold Larwood too
The formidable Bodyline bowlers
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I get such a happy feeling when I’m there
The Lace Market, Council House and Old Market Square
Remembering all my favourite clubs
The Cookie, MGM, The Rig and Rock City
The Theatre Royal and The Royal Concert Hall
Bluecoat School and the deer at Wollaton Hall
Where people understand you when you want a cob
That’s where my ancestors came from
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© 2003 Paul Curtis