# Found Thom Yorke lyrics to be auctioned for Oxfam

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/23/found-thom-yorke-lyrics-to-be-auctioned-for-oxfam/
- Published: 2016-02-23T09:15:33+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Original draft lyrics to Radiohead’s _Airbag _handwritten by Thom Yorke are to
be auctioned on behalf of Oxfam by Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions on 18th March.**

The lyrics were discovered on the inside cover of Yorke’s copy of William Blake’s
_Songs of Innocence and Experience, _which he donated to an Oxfam bookshop in St
Giles in Oxford. Volunteer Andrew Chapman spotted the handwritten lyrics in the 
Blake book after Yorke had given it to the shop.

Throughout the book Yorke underlines words and annotated the margins, particularly
to Nurse’s Song, A Cradle Song and The Divine Image, with corrections and revisions.

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The donation also made it into a recent [Guardian top five charity shop finds](http://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2016/feb/16/top-5-charity-shop-finds-thom-yorke-lyrics).

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