Tokyo Rose’s Derek performs a strident song for our angels in blue…

Derek Buckham is a British singer and songwriter with a career stretching back almost half a century …

In the early ‘80s he put together a band called Tokyo Rose with Val Ophfield, Graham Bradley and Geoff Pybus.

Their first big gig was Annabels in Sunderland, still Derek’s home town and pretty quickly Tokyo Rose recorded a single called Dry Your Eyes which became a collectors item in Japan!

Vinyl dealers were selling it for £100.

And that prompted Derek to dig out the music and videos and put them on social media which rapidly lead to a series of lock-down songs.

One of them, Angels in Blue, dedicated to the NHS bears his strident vocals as he reaches ‘middle age’ … Derek said: “This is my tribute to the bravery of our NHS. Any money from the sale of it will go to the NHS charities.”

Well done mate! Let’s see if we can help Derek to help the NHS!

ANGELS IN BLUE

I’ve never known this in my lifetime

Doctors and Nurses dying on the front line

They are on their knees

They begging us please

Stay at Home to Beat this Disease.

So when this is all over

clap clap clap

the Bravery of our Medical Staff

and when this is all over

say thank you

to the bravery of Our Angels in Blue

The streets are empty

The shops are full with idiots

stocking up on toilet rolls

The Pubs and Clubs are on Lock Down

And fear is spreading around our Town.

Angels in Blue

Angels in Blue Angels in Blue

looking after you.

When this is all over

say thank you Say Thank You

to our Angels in Blue

When this is All over

clap clap

the Bravery of our Medical Staff

The Bravery of our Medical Staff

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