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i) 1925 Record Attempt

But it rings in your ears like blood

Three miles a minute can never be enough. The Sunbeam’s captain — take your

seat. The aero-engine at your feet

Spitting fire, oil… steam

350 horses scream

‘You won’t come back; you can’t survive!' But come on let’s just give it one

more try

It wasn’t one for the money or one for the fame, But just for the hell of all

who came

One for Albion. One for fun

But, please God get this record done

‘You won’t be coming back; you can’t survive!' But come on let’s just give it

one more try. Come on now let’s give it one more try

The vultures' row, a vague unrest —

Not in the smoking hole just yet

The flying mile. A distant hum

The watches stop and the deed is done

‘You won’t be coming back; you can’t survive!' But come on let’s just give it

one more try. Come on now just give it one more try

ii) John Godfrey Parry Thomas

The hands of a juggler with Brunel’s mind Become a potent brew

Some days you write the story

Some days it’s writing you

Challenger, Columbia, fate outsmarts desire. The finest brains. A will of iron

Speed’s the smoke; courage: the fire

iii) Babs

Babs now lives beside the sea. Peace and quiet guaranteed

An undignified end for a great lady

She was born of nobility

A childhood steeped in luxury

The sisters they lived their lives at speed

Babs turned her back on the quiet life. The firebrand made for a difficult wife

Right up to the day that she took his life

Babs paid for her terrible crime

Fifty years is a very long time

The passing days have not been kind

iv) Fresh record attempt

So our man is back on Pendine’s shore To bring the record home once more.

The hardware’s new. Worries canned: The fastest of them all on land

Fly low, coldly you go

It’s what they say you’re born to do. Call it obsession… how you’re wired.

Speed’s the smoke, courage: the fire

v) Blue Bird restored

The ninety years just raced on by

A thousand miles an hour they try, And barely touching ground they fly

Carbon fibre rocket cars; we learn so quickly, come so far

The follies of that golden age — we’ll never see their like again.

But sometimes out on Pendine Sands, the beast will roar again

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