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Sunderland Echo
  • 14/08/2024
Dave Murray, the Mackem Folk Singer, has urged people to 'open their eyes' and appreciate the beauty of Wearside.
Transcript
00:00Open up your eyes to see the beauty of Summer City
00:09With the river flowing through it, oh my Lord, it's all my prayer
00:16And it's your land, and it's my land, it's the place that we call home
00:23It's poetry, it's worship, it's the lyrics to my song
00:30Just open up your eyes to the beauty of Summer City
00:38Open up your eyes, breathe it through that soul, my pretty
00:45Open up your eyes

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