It's A Great Thing They Gave Us The Train
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For Two-Part Choir & Piano
Composed January 2025 to mark the 200th anniversary of George Stephenson's first passenger steam train "Locomotion No.1" which departed Stockton in 1825.
This song tells the story of primative rail from the coal mines of England and Wales to India, Japanese, America and now all around the world people are boarding trains.
Cornishman Richard Trevithick invented the first steam train in 1804. The world owes theses great Englishmen a huge debt of gratitude.