Chuck the Poet and the arthur park present 'The Cottingham Stack', written by Corby poet Chuck Middleton and celebrating the mighty chimney stack monument located in Cottingham on the Leicestershire/Northamptonshire border.
For the purposes of this recording, Chuck the Poet and the arthur park are:
Chuck Middleton - voice
Pete Bowman - guitar, bass, keys and synth
Jane Smith - soprano sax
'The Cottingham Stack' first appeared in Chuck's 2018 collection 'Jelly Toffee', which is available from 3P Publishing here: bookshop.3ppublishing.co.uk
lyrics
The Cottingham Stack
It's proud against the skyline
Shaky maybe, bricks set in a pack
It's now something of a landmark
The glorious Cottingham Stack
Best viewed from a seat in the garden
Of the George, maybe buy a snack
From the menu, at the pub, what a vista
Of the rickety Cottingham Stack
A builder, or someone in construction
Declared if it ever came under attack
Required a little more pointing
That age old Cottingham Stack
I'm surprised more hasn't been written
By a muse or megalomaniac
Of the teetering bricks topped, tailed
And higgledy. The Cottingham Stack
It's a beauty I always return to
My spirit is always drawn back
It deserves a plaque, recognition
The wonderful Cottingham Stack
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