[NP: "Here's a go at a finale. I've put the first bit in round brackets as it could only work with a really good baritone, but I think it makes a dramatic start to the song. I thought the YouTube post by Ian Alexander on 14 Dec 2009 (the first 3 mins 29 secs) gave a good template. (It's entitled "(Some of) the lyrics to Ode to Joy".]
(O friends, let's sing together.
Together let's celebrate our Common
And joyfully sing out
Wandsworth
Wandsworth)
Let us celebrate together
Wandsworth's future and its past,
Common land for us, forever,
Open spaces we'll hold fast.
[Thanks to those who've marched, protested,
Torn down fences for our sakes.
Thanks to those who've been arrested,
Conquerors that History makes. x 2]
Mammoths roamed here in the Ice Age
They have gone and left no trace.
Peasants, gypsies, in their passage,
Left no spirit of the place.
[The Industrial Revolution
Made its mark upon the land.
John Buckmaster's wise solution
Drew a firm line in the sand. x 2]
Let's give thanks to John Buckmaster.
It's to him we owe the Act
Never must we let disaster
Threaten this perpetual pact.
[We can wander at our leisure,
Drink the beauty, breathe the air.
Wandsworth Common is our treasure,
Now forever in our care x 2]
Now forever in our care
In our care
Our care...