“England can never repay you
You gave your life to be buried alongside
The place you loved
The sermons attended when you were young
Still echo round these churchyard walls”

— Colin Moulding

"In Loving Memory Of A Name"
Mummer (1983)

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English bassist, songwriter and vocalist 1955

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