Pip, Squeak and Wilfred are the nicknames given to the three WWI campaign medals.
The 1914-15 Star; the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.  
The medals' nicknames come from a popular comic strip of the time from the Daily Mirror newspaper. Pip was a dog, Squeak a penguin and Wilfred was a baby rabbit.
This particular song I wrote to portray the thoughts of a veteran looking back on the war.
I imagined this song being performed in the Music Halls of the mid to late twenties.
We now commemorate 100 years since the ending of the Great War, the war to end all wars.
Well THAT worked!?

Legacy Draft

Pip Squeak & Wilfred

I originally wrote this song in 1973.
Since then there have been several incarnations of the song as I have tried to find the best arrangement.
This particular version was mixed and edited in 2018

Sacrifice 2018

This is for me a very personal song.
Some very close people to me have passed away at very young ages way before their time.
All I want to know is "Why the good die young"

Good Die Young

The everyday story of a young man who goes into the woods and stumbles across a bathing fairy.
Boy falls in love with said fairy and pledges his life to her.
Fairy implants his soul into a tree for eternity and flies off to find more victims.
A jolly tale of unrequited love.

Gossamer Wings

I wrote a number of songs for my two children when they were small.
Every night I would sit on their beds with my guitar and we would sing together. 
This was one of our favourites.

The Little Fox

Another song that I wrote for my children.
My daughter had a poster of Paddington Bear on her bedroom wall.
The song was made up from that.

Paddington Bear

I wrote songs for two children for bedtime so it was a joy for me to do the same for my first two grandchildren.

Go To Sleep (My Little One)

In Greek mythology Sea Nymphs were known as Nerids, female spirits of the sea.
The fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris, they symbolised everything that was beautiful and kind about the sea.  
Their melodious voices sang as they danced around their father. 
I have tried to capture that in this ethereal instrumental.

Dance Of The Sea Nymphs

This song was composed by Peter Hall a brilliant songwriter I worked with in the 70's.
The song paints a great picture of a medieval fair and the opportunist rougue stealing from the crowd.
Peter and I met at school and have been friends now for fifty years.
I am really grateful to Peter for allowing me to record this song as it has always been one of my favourites.

The Pickpocket

An instrumental piece painting a picture of the myriad of slaves, toiling to build King Solomon's Temple.

Reg Miles

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