Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs-St. Winifred's School Choir

[ti:Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs] [ar:St. Winifred's School Choir] [al:Children's Party Time] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs - St. Winifred's School Choir [00:07.51]He painted Salford Smokey tops [00:10.26]On Cardboard boxes from the shops [00:13.24] [00:14.01]And parts of ancolts where I used to play [00:17.68] [00:20.03]I'm sure he once walked down our street [00:23.32]Cause he painted kids who had nowt on their feet [00:26.77]The clothes he wore had all seen better days [00:30.16] [00:36.69]Now they said his works of art where dull [00:39.73]No room old lad the wall was full [00:42.08] [00:43.09]But Lowry didn't care much any way [00:46.35] [00:49.26]They said he just paints cats and dogs [00:52.44]And Match stalk men in boots and clogs [00:55.39] [00:55.99]And Lowry said that's just the way they'll stay [00:59.69] [01:01.32]And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [01:06.10] [01:07.85]He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking clogs [01:12.37] [01:14.40]And now he takes his brush and he waits out side them factory gates [01:20.97]To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [01:25.12] [01:28.11]Now canvas and brushes where wearing thin [01:31.15]When London started calling him [01:33.72] [01:34.72]To come on down and wear the old flat cap [01:38.17] [01:40.80]They said tell us all about your ways [01:43.51] [01:44.37]And all about them Salford days [01:46.83] [01:47.39]Is it true you're just an ordinary chap [01:50.53] [01:52.99]And he painted Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [01:57.15] [01:59.71]He painted kids on the corner of the streets with the sparking [02:04.54] [02:06.15]And now he takes his brush and he waits out side them factory gates [02:12.22] [02:12.83]To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [02:17.13] [02:19.89]Now Lowry's hang upon the wall [02:22.22] [02:23.27]Be side the greatest of them all [02:25.68] [02:26.61]And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow [02:29.36] [02:32.73]This tired old man with hair like snow [02:36.10]Told northern folk its time to go [02:38.70] [02:39.56]The fever came and the good Lord mopped his brow [02:43.24] [02:44.87]And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [02:50.10] [02:51.56]He left us kids on the corner of [02:54.89]The streets with the sparking clogs [02:56.27] [02:58.07]Now he takes his brush and [03:00.10]He waits out side them pearly gates [03:03.66] [03:04.63]To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [03:08.72] [03:11.18]And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [03:15.62] [03:17.56]He left us kids on the corner of [03:20.51]The streets with the sparking clogs [03:22.22] [03:23.97]Now he takes his brush and he waits out side them pearly gates [03:29.89] [03:30.48]To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [03:34.76] [03:36.77]And he left us Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs [03:41.48] [03:43.37]He left us kids on the corner of [03:46.20]The streets with the sparking clogs [03:47.79] [03:49.71]Now he takes his brush and he waits out side them pearly gates [03:55.07] [03:56.44]To paint his Match stalk men and Match stalk cats and dogs