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At The Bathing Pond

from Green by Helen McCookerybook

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Me and Katy Carr went swimming at Hampstead Ladies Bathing Pond in Summer 2018. This guy and his wife were skulking in the bushes.
The kingfisher story came from my daughter's visit there, a few weeks earlier.

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Natural feelings synchronised by the trees;
The freshwater mermaids drift on the breeze.
And they swim under cloudy skies
The pondweed pulls at their feet;
Fatigue drags at their arms and thighs,
But the water is brown and sweet.

At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond,
At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond.

Overhead, the kingfishers jive
First a swoop and then a dive;
Air kisses in the evening light
As the air hisses through their wings in flight

At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond,
At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond.

Should I try to dip my toes or is the water far too cold?
Should I jump and take a chance and join the other swimmer's dance?

At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond,
At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond.

In a gap between the bushes the voyeur stands
A pair of binoculars clasped in his hands.
His wife stands beside him abetting his lie,
as he lifts the binoculars up to his eyes.

He's watching at the bathing pond, at the bathing pond,
Peeping Tom at the bathing pond, at the bathing pond.

At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond,
At the bathing pond, at the bathing pond.
Splash!

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from Green, released June 17, 2019
Tenor sax: Karina Townsend

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Helen McCookerybook is an outstanding songwriter who's beginnings formed in the punk era, old associates The Monochrome Set/The Pirhanas her first band was The Chefs (John Peel fave) She later signed to RCA with her band The Horns and had a couple of minor hits
Helen took 20 years out to become a Mum and PHD, taking up her songwriting again in 2003. Suburban Pastoral was her 1st solo record. ... more

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