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Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?

from A Minute in the Sun by The Blue Yellows

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Inspired by the true unsolved crime of the same name.

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Electrified to the underside but I can’t get a signal on this seething tide.
Sun hazes through a tissue lie
So I walk from the ground to the solitary rise

Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the youths from the gang of the village bell?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the elders who gathered by the dressing well?

Bark stripped and a single leaf
Yearns for the sun and the winter relief
Bleached wood that speaks of bone
Words of graffiti on my mobile phone

Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the youths from the gang of the village bell?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the elders who gathered by the dressing well?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the farmers who ran her from the ground?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it her healing potions or that she spoke her mind?

This terror tale defines my story
Those murderers they stole my glory
There’s no one here to say they’re sorry
Under distant stars
X4

Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the youths from the gang of the village bell?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the elders who gathered by the dressing well?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it the farmers who ran her from the ground?
Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?
Was it her healing potions or that she spoke her mind?

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from A Minute in the Sun, released February 19, 2021
Jonathan Tarplee - Guitars and Vocals.
Emma Alcock - Keyboards, Accordion and backing vocals.
Simon Taylor - Bass Guitar.
Dave Coomer - Drums and Percussion

Manu Arteaga - Mixing/Production, strings, backing vocals and percussion.
Alba Muñoz-Burgess - Backing Vocals.
Simon Trought - Mastering, with thanks to Oak Tree Music.

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