“"My friend Terry Conway, who has died of mesothelioma aged 69, was an exceptional singer and songwriter. Terry worked for 30 years as a council roadman and many of his songs are based on that experience. He was always uneasy driving snowploughs, and Winter's Weary Snaa' draws on the downside of both job and season. Hawkhope Hill was composed on his timesheet when his wagon was "bogged" during the building of the roads and houses for those locals displaced by the building of the Kielder dam. He used subversive wit and dialect to ballad the travails of the bus journey from Hexham to Morpeth.  ... His best-known song, Fareweel Regality, was played at his humanist funeral, with everyone joining in the memorable chorus. The verse starts simply: "And now it's time to say fareweel/ And though I hope that we may meet again/ And aal things may be reet again/ We've lived and spent the day."" http://bit.ly/13pUEkq”