Category Archives: Songs

tony burt singer songwriterThis category is where you will find background information on songs, mostly those written and/or performed by Tony Burt.

Get the inside story on what prompted them, maybe hints at the meaning of some of the mysteries contained in the song. What events triggered the creation of the song? What is most meaningful to the author?

You’ll also find lyric sheets and recordings. Some of these are rare to the point of never having been made available before or since finding their way onto this blog.

Most songs are available to download in high quality mp3 format for free. You can also hear lots of Tony’s songs on Soundcloud.


The Village : Inspired by Freddy Spencer Chapman

The Village, track 7 on my People Watching album, was inspired by the story of Freddy Spencer Chapman, a little known hero of WWII, sometimes referred to as “Lawrence of the Jungle”. Freddy was a well known naturalist, explorer, mountaineer and all round “good egg” who was enlisted in the British Army to build a […]

JJ’s Bar : from People Watching Album

People Watching by Tony Burt JJ’s Bar is track 8 of Tony Burt’s new record People Watching. It relates to a music venue of the same name which was until recently in the village of Karnak to the North of Luxor in Egypt. It recently moved, although under the same name, to the west bank […]

Love Minus Zero by Bob Dylan Recorded by Tony Burt

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Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan was in many eyes (including mine) one of the most important and influential albums of all time. Half the songs had an electric band backing and the lyrics were personal, surreal and poetic and couldn’t have been further from protest song. It was released in March 1965 […]

Pacing the Cage by Bruce Cockburn – Played by Tony Burt

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I am a big fan of many well known songwriters including, of course, Bob Dylan, Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen and many more. But there are also several less famous songwriters I enjoy just as much as the legends. One of these is Canadian Bruce Cockburn. He’s been releasing albums since the early 70s and his […]

Turn To Grey : A Song by Tony Burt

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Here’s a song for the coming season. I find a lot of my songs refer to the seasons or weather  or the passing of time. I guess they are classic topics for both songs and poems so shouldn’t really be surprised. Between 1973 and 2005 I only wrote two songs although I was busy making […]