Ralph McTell / Streets... (US, 20th Century Records, T-486) <1975>

Ralph McTell / Streets... (US, 20th Century Records, T-486) <1975>
(SIDE Ⅰ) M-486-AS-1A
(SIDE Ⅱ) M-486-BS 1A

ラルフ・マクテルはUKで最も有名なフォーク・シンガーの一人です。1968年に"Eight Frames a Second"でデビュー、1年に1枚超のペースでコンスタントに作品を発表していました。アメリカ・デビューのために2作目・3作目の曲を再録音して作った"Revisited"を数えないとすると、本作品は7枚目です。この作品は最も成功した作品で、また最大のヒット曲"Streets of London"を収録しています。

なお、この作品には白ラベル盤がありません。ラベルに"PROMOTIONAL COPY" "NOT FOR SALE"と印刷されています。

"Streets..." is an album by British folk musician Ralph McTell. It was McTell's most successful album, entering the UK album chart on 15 February 1975 and remaining there for twelve weeks. It opens with McTell's hit single, "Streets of London".

Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market
Kicking up the paper
With his worn out shoes?
In his eyes you see no pride
Hand held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and
Lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?
She's no time for talking
She just keeps right on walking
Carrying her home in two carrier bags

So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and
Lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind

In the all night cafe
At a quarter past eleven
Same old man sitting there on his own
Looking at the world
Over the rim of his teacup
Each tea lasts an hour
And he wanders home alone

So how can you tell me you're lonely
Don't say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand and
Lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind

Have you seen the old man
Outside the Seaman's Mission
Memory fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city
The rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero
And a world that doesn't care

So how can you tell me you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine?
Let me take you by the hand and
Lead you through the streets of London
Show you something to make you change your mind.

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