Protesters tried to prevent the building of the Newbury Bypass by intervening in the process. I merely wrote this lyric, which i don’t think even made it into NewsRevue.
THE NEWBURY BYPASS
(To the Tune of “Winchester Cathedral”)
VERSE 1
The Newbury bypass,
Will go round the town;
You stood and you watched as,
Our treehouse came down.You could have done something,
But you didn’t try,
Now our bivouac will,
Become a lay-by.MIDDLE EIGHT
Now everyone knows just how much we hated that road,
It wouldn’t have gone through that quick if it wasn’t for that Mawhinney toad.VERSE 2
The Newbury bypass,
Who knows what it’s for?
It’s circumlocating,
The A34.The Newbury bypass,
We’re blocking it hard,
Don’t knock down our shelter,
Not in our back yard.MIDDLE EIGHT 2
Then the local fuzz dragged us out of the snow and hail;
We’re one of the few groups around to be better off in a British gaol.VERSE 3
The Newbury bypass,
Now you’re a done deal;
Once we’re out of prison,
We’ll go and stop veal.
Below is a video with The New Vaudeville Band singing Winchester Cathedral: