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My Song, My Home: Josh in London

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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.Learn vocabulary from song lyrics and hear natural English speakers.In this episode, we meet musician Josh who sings for us at the BBC.WATCH JOSH PERFORM: Find a video of Josh’s song on our website https://bbc.in/4jleE1wWORKSHEET: Find a full transcript, song lyrics and test what you’ve learned https://bbc.in/4gDtyPfFIND BBC LEARNING ENGLISH HERE:
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