Streets of London - Ralph McTell Cover. Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica and Lyrics video free download
"Streets of London" is a song written by Ralph McTell. It was first recorded for McTell's 1969 album Spiral Staircase but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. It was his greatest commercial success, reaching number two in the UK singles chart, at one point selling 90,000 copies a day and winning him the Ivor Novello Award and a Silver disc for record sales.
The song was inspired by McTell's experiences busking and hitchhiking throughout Europe, especially in Paris and the individual stories are taken from Parisians -- McTell was originally going to call the song Streets of Paris eventually London was chosen because he realised he was singing about London. The song contrasts the common problems of everyday people with those of the homeless, lonely, elderly, ignored and forgotten members of society.
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8 years ago
Tony Topping
I think it sounds better when you say hands, saying and doesn't work with the rest of the sentence. Do you have the harp tabs for the opening?10 years ago
vanhewitt
Thank you very much. And you must be right. Unfortunately i can't change the text at this moment.10 years ago
Bjowolf2
Fine version, thank you ;-) Btw. it's "AND held loosely at his side ..." - not "Hand". It does make a lot more sense, when you think about it ( "And held loosely ... (is) yesterday's paper ..." ), but most lyrics and tabs etc. have this wrong word ;-)Related Videos
