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This page has a selection of songs written by Alf that you can listen to. The songs have gaps in the lyrics, and you can select according to the form of language (eg. verbs, nouns, or mixed grammar gaps) that you would like to practise:

**Alf's Songs for Improving English**
Song	Style	Gap Type			Comment
Song	Style	Verb	Noun	Mixed Grammar	Comment
Tall Trees	Folk	No	No	Yes	a great Australian tragedy
Paradise	Rock	No	Yes	No	uses Australian idiom and terms
Ever Clever	Pop/Rock	Yes	No	No
Innocent	6/8 Blues	No	No	Yes	music from the bar-room floor
Summer Storm	Pop/Rock	No	No	Yes

How To Use The Songs To Practise
Click on the image below to play the song as a RealAudio file. You can down load RealAudio free by clicking on the link at the bottom of this table. There may be some delay in downloading RealAudio files for users with dial-up connections. Listen to the song twice or until you think you have guessed the missing words (shown as lines) in the lyrics below. Listen again, this time passing the mouse over the word-gaps as the song progresses. The missing words will be displayed. If you want to see all the words to the song click on any of the word-gap images.

How To Use The Songs To Practise

Click on the image below to play the song as a RealAudio file. You can down load RealAudio free by clicking on the link at the bottom of this table. There may be some delay in downloading RealAudio files for users with dial-up connections.
Listen to the song twice or until you think you have guessed the missing words (shown as lines) in the lyrics below.
Listen again, this time passing the mouse over the word-gaps as the song progresses. The missing words will be displayed.
If you want to see all the words to the song click on any of the word-gap images.

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TALL TREES

(Words and Music : Alf Davies)

They grew far away in a land
No one had seen them, not
But everybody knew, the was where they grew
Blue sky all day in a foreign land

Then came the men, the and the
The tall trees watched a taking more
Every sapling knew, its would soon come due
They grew straight and in this foreign land

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CHORUS
People saw the , trees wider than a house
Standing on the and look no bigger than a mouse
These of the world reached up
To meet a blue sky, so high
They're all gone, all gone

First they took the tall trees close at hand
Then word through of a bigger stand
Started a new , deep into the bush
They grew far away in a vale

Then the forests heard the deathly
The chainsaw ripping big ones down
A and fact, can't find an alpine ash
They grew far away in another time

REPEAT CHORUS

They grew far away in another time
They grew far away in another time
They grew far away in another time
They grew far away in another time

INNOCENT

(Words and Music : Alf Davies)

I didn't do it, I that it's
my shortcomings, I'd never you
The last I'd do

I didn't say it, I said enough
I could , but I'm not that rough
I'm more the

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listen to the song
(RealMedia - 519kB)

CHORUS
I nothing, I nothing
I nothing, I am

REPEAT CHORUS

I didn't it, if I I'd say
Now I hear , of your night-time
My set in clay

I didn't even it, my brain not in gear
Faithful, , for more than a year
Now I have dear

REPEAT CHORUS (x2)

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Last revised March 18 2002
Copyright Alf Davies 2002 all rights reserved

They grew far away in a land No one had seen them, not But everybody knew, the was where they grew Blue sky all day in a foreign land Then came the men, the and the The tall trees watched a taking more Every sapling knew, its would soon come due They grew straight and in this foreign land	Click on the image to listen to the song (RealMedia - 498kB)
CHORUS People saw the , trees wider than a house Standing on the and look no bigger than a mouse These of the world reached up To meet a blue sky, so high They're all gone, all gone
First they took the tall trees close at hand Then word through of a bigger stand Started a new , deep into the bush They grew far away in a vale Then the forests heard the deathly The chainsaw ripping big ones down A and fact, can't find an alpine ash They grew far away in another time
REPEAT CHORUS They grew far away in another time They grew far away in another time They grew far away in another time They grew far away in another time

I didn't do it, I that it's my shortcomings, I'd never you The last I'd do I didn't say it, I said enough I could , but I'm not that rough I'm more the	Click on the image to listen to the song (RealMedia - 519kB)
CHORUS I nothing, I nothing I nothing, I am REPEAT CHORUS
I didn't it, if I I'd say Now I hear , of your night-time My set in clay I didn't even it, my brain not in gear Faithful, , for more than a year Now I have dear
REPEAT CHORUS (x2)