The King Of Rome

	  		
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In the west end of Derby there lives a working man 
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He said ?I can?t fly but my pigeons can 
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And when I set them free, it?s just like part of me gets lifted up on shining wings?. 
Charlie Hudson?s pigeon loft was down the yard 
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Of a rented house in Brook Street where times were hard 
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But Charlie had a dream, and in nineteen thirteen 
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Charlie bred a pigeon and made his dreams come true. 
There was going to be a champion?s race from Italy 
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We got out the maps; all that land and sea 
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Charlie you?ll lose that bird, but Charlie never heard, he put it in a basket and sent it off to Rome 
On the day of the big race the storms blew in 
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A thousand birds were swept away and never seen again 
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Charlie we told you so, surely by now you know  
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When you?re living in the west end there ain?t many dreams come true. 
?Yeah, I know but you have to try 
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A man can crawl around or he could learn how to fly 
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And when you live ?round here the ground seems awful near sometimes I need a lift from victory?. 
So it?s off with my mates for a pint or two 
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Suddenly a flash up in the blue 
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Charlie it?s the King of Rome, come back to his west end home  
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Come outside quick he?s perched upon your roof. 
?Come on down Your Majesty 
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I knew that you would come back to me 
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Come on down my lovely one, you made my dreams come true.? 
In the west end of Derby there lived a working man 
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He said ?I can?t fly but my pigeons can 
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And when I set them free, it?s just like part of me gets lifted up on shining wings?.