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The LetterElton John

Featuring: The Company of Billy Elliot the Musical

Songwriter: Lee Hall Elton John

[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
What's this?

[Spoken BILLY]
It's a letter

[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
I can see it's a letter

[Spoken BILLY]
You can open it if you want

[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
Thank God for that, the suspense was killing me

[Spoken BILLY]
It's from me mum

[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
Your mum?

[Spoken BILLY]
She wrote it for us when I was eighteen, but since I couldn't wait

[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
I see

[Spoken BILLY]
You can read it if you want
Read it out


[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
Dear Billy
I must seem a distant memory

[Spoken BILLY]
Which is...

[Spoken MRS. WILKINSON]
Which is probably a good thing
And it will have been a long-

[Spoken BILLY]
Long time

[BILLY]
And I will have missed you growing
And I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh

Missed your stomping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy
Know that I was always there
I was with you through everything

And please, Billy...

[MRS. WILKINSON]
But please, Billy
Know that I will always be
Proud to have known you
Proud that you were mine
Proud in everything
And you must promise me this, Billy

[BILLY'S MUM]
In everything you do
Always be yourself, Billy
And you always will be true

And I will have missed you growing
And I'll have missed you crying
And I'll have missed you laugh

[MUM & MRS. WILKINSON]
Missed your stomping and your shouting
I have missed telling you off
But please, Billy
Know that I was always there
I was with you through everything
And please, Billy
Know that I will always be
Proud to have known you

[MUM]
Love you forever

[BILLY]
Love you forever

[MRS. WILKINSON]
Mam

Elton John

Elton John is a British singer, pianist and composer whose unique blend of pop and rock styles turned him into one of the biggest music icons of the 20th century. Elton has sold more than 250 million albums, making him one of the best-selling musicians ever.

He excelled in music from a young age, attending the prestigious Academy of Music on a scholarship at just eleven years old. In 1970 he released his first self-titled album, making him a huge international star.

Some of his most famous hits include “Crocodile Rock”, “Philadelphia Freedom” and “Take the Long Way Home”.

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