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Sunderland Echo
  • 11/02/2025
Singer songwriter Derek Buckham has written a love song - about Sunderland's industrial heritage.
Transcript
00:00Let me tell you a little history of how we've lost our industry.
00:19We were building ships, we were mining coal.
00:32Now we no longer keep coal, we've learned to rock and roll.
00:37We no longer build ships to be sold, we've learned to rock and roll.
00:47We've got music in our hearts and rhythm in our feet.
00:52You can hear music on every street.
00:56We're the Music City, we're the rock and roll beat.
01:00We're the Music City, we're the rock and roll beat.

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