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Words & Music by Barry Smith

Sophies Dance 109k

Gently Through the Valley 126k

Are My tears Too Late 127k

Far Away 127k

The Cloudy Hills of Yorkshire 106k

Sweet Falls the Northern Rain 116k

Day After Day 123k

We have enjoyed immensely listening to Sophies Dance, which is a most impressive work"

Elizabeth M Holbrook, Secretary - Fairfax Singers, Menston, Leeds. UK
25th November 2002

Sophies Dance is a collection of songs featuring events in the young life of Sophie, a northern lass brought up in the 1960's. The title song celebrates her recovery from a near fatal accident when she mistakenly eats rogue berries. Gently Through The Valley sees Sophie as a young mill-worker happily anticipating her marriage to childhood sweetheart Jimmy. Their brief daily meeting in their dinner break is the highlight of an arduous working day. However the course of true love seldom runs smooth I hear you say and the engagement is ended leaving her broken heartedly singing Are My Tears Too Late?

Worse is to follow because Jimmy announces his engagement to another and after endulging in an exercise of escapist yearning, Far Away, she resolves to leave behind The Cloudy Hills of Yorkshire to go live in the south. Living in a bedsit in London soon turns into a bleak existence but news arrives that Jimmy is now asking about Sophie and he is unhappy because he is not going to marry the other girl. Sophie decides to return home and her mood is captured in Sweet Falls the Northern Rain.

On her return, they are re-united and delight in living happily ever after in ever growing love continuously singing Day After Day to each other to the irritation of the neighbours.