BBC Sounds, Music, sound, I am a soccer fan,

I came to see Linaika

with the rest of the birds

I am a football fan, I am a soccer fan,

I came to see Maradona who is going to score in a ball.

Yeah, the real sounds of Africa to once again kick off our World Football phone in 0808-5-909-693

if you'd like to join us.

Looking forward to the conversation.

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But on this occasion, let's kick off the program like this.

Music occasion let's kick off the program like this the first time ever I saw your face ever I saw your face I thought the sun

Rose in your eyes

And the moon and the stars were the We lost Roberta Flack.

What can you say?

Well, you know, we talk about all manner of things

when we talk about the World Football Phoning, including football.

Well, this morning,

I think it's fair to say that we should reflect on what a gift this woman was to us all.

You know, I mean, the voice of an angel amongst other things, but in terms of song selections, she took a song by Ewan McColl and made it even more beautiful, maybe a bit

sadder, which is not going the Beatles way, Paul McCartney said, you know, don't take a sad

song and make it sadder, no.

But in a way, in the way that she reflects on her personal story in this song, it reflects on all of us.

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