The Settlers Music

The Theme and Single.
Compiled by Nik on the 16 August 2004.

The Lightning Tree theme music was written by Steven Francis for the Series and it was performed by a male/female vocal/instrumental group called the Settlers.
It was a hit in the U.K. and reached number 36 on 16th October 1971 and stayed in the chart for 5 weeks.

 

Lightning Tree Lyrics:-

Down in the meadow where the wind blows free, in the middle of a field stands a lightning tree.
Its limbs all torn from the day it was born for the tree was born in a thunderstorm.

CHORUS
Grow, grow, the lightning tree, it's never too late for you and me;
Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily.

Down in the meadow where the wind blows light, the lightning struck in the middle of the night.
Limbs stripped bare by the lightning flare the lightning flare was a wild affair.

CHORUS

Down in the meadow where the wind blows cold, the lightning tree stands stiff and old.
Branches bent when the lightning rent the lightning rent from the firmament.

CHORUS

Down in the meadow with the wind in the west, the lightning tree faced up to the test.
Its heart went snap when it took the rap, the terrible rap of the thunder clap.

CHORUS
Down in the meadow when the wind blows free, a whispering breeze in the lightning tree.
Dreams come true if you want them to if you want them to, then it's up to you.

CHORUS x2.

 

Thanks to Andrew for this clip

 

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Other Settlers Music:

Settlers LP Call Again Marble Arch Mal 1226
Settlers LP Lightning Tree York FYK 405
Settlers LP Settlers Alive Columbia SCX 6381
Settlers LP Sing Out Decca LK 4645
Settlers S Major to Minor Pye 7N 17375
Settlers S On the Other Side Pye 7 N17213

The Track Listing for the 1972 LP Lightning Tree is as follows:

SIDE 1:
"STREETS OF LONDON"
"WAS IT ONLY YESTERDAY"
"THE WORLD OF THURSDAY MORNING"
"HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT"
"SANTA MARGHERITA"
"JUST THIS SIDE OF NOWHERE"
"SNOWBIRD"

SIDE 2:
"HEAR NOW"
"Speech extract from "I HAVE A DREAM""
"DO I STILL FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE"
"PIGEONS"
"THROUGH THE EYES OF LIFE"
"LIGHTNING TREE”

 

Click the link below to read a translation by Paul E of a Settlers article in Bravo Magazine

They sing the Follyfoot song

 

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