My Song, My Home: Alice in Leeds

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Welcome to our new music series My Song, My Home. In each episode we meet a new musician who tells us about their home town and performs a song to help you learn.Today, we meet musician Alice, who performs for us in Leeds city centre.WATCH ALICE PERFORM: Find a video of Alice’s song on our website https://bbc.in/4h8W7UEWORKSHEET: Find a full transcript, song lyrics and test what you’ve learned https://bbc.in/4hbYRR5FIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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