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Written, performed and recorded by Bob Drake, January 2019.
BD: Guitar, bass, piano, organ, recorder, Korg MS20, bells, vocals.
Eyewitnesses (in no particular order):
Sharron Fortnam, Emily Jones, Kavus Torabi, Chris Anderson, John Lymer, Luke Borley, Tim Haillay.
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Phantom hounds seem to be associated with lonely
brooks and streams, where they appear (and disappear)
silently, as the dusk fades.
Consistent attributes are confirmed by eyewitness reports:
Larger than any Great Dane or mastiff
Blacker than the surrounding darkness.
It moved without making a sound
I’m certain it was aware of us
The eyes were red, and blazing like marshfires.
It leaped through a sort of opening in a hedgerow, and was gone.
My God, hand me that brandy and quick.
So when you’re in East Anglia
(Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire)
and the daylight is fading, near a brook,
a stream, or miraculous spring,
look round and you just might see a...
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