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After finding John Metcalfe busking outside of a McDonald's in Liverpool, England, Stephen Flynn learned he was living in a car with his girlfriend. Recorded from inside a car and later posted on TikTok by Stephen Flynn, the brief clip shows John Metcalfe, 59, singing Dire Straits’ “Sultans of Swing” and playing acoustic guitar on Aug. 20. As of Monday, Sept. 9, the video has generated over 11 million views — and a GoFundMe has led to nearly £6,000 (about $7,845) in donations.

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00:00Alright mate? Yeah lad, give us a little tune.
00:07What do you like?
00:08Anything.
00:14Cheers mate.
00:24I've lived in many countries in Europe, I've had many different jobs, I've brought children up
00:29I still have a farm in the south of Spain, in Almeria, and I've been travelling and making music most of my life.
00:40In England, they have this thing called Brexit, anyway, an Englishman can only be 90 days in Europe now,
00:46and I've been, what, 38 years.
00:48I was a knock on the door in October, and they gave me one hour to get what I could carry,
00:54and they took me, put me in a jail overnight, and then put me on a plane back to the UK the next morning.
01:06I seen John playing a little song on the corner, so I said to my mate,
01:12So, as a video to me, I said, alright mate, give us a little tune, and since then, it's just blew up.
01:23I went back to try and find John and show him what's happened, and how much love people have got for him.
01:28So, I went over, showed him all the love he's had, and all the views, and everything, and he was gobsmacked,
01:34and then he's just started playing little songs for me ever since, and I've been keeping an update for the people,
01:39because they request and give us more, we want more, we want to see John, so that's what I've been doing.
01:43Hi everybody, it's me again. Again, I want to thank you all. Here's another song for you.
01:49Three, two, one.
01:51Step inside the eye of your mind.
01:54Everyone was asking on the comments, can we, is there a GoFundMe, is there a GoFundMe, how can we help them, and stuff like that.
02:00So, the best thing to do really was set up a GoFundMe page.
02:03I don't have the words to express my gratitude. I would love the opportunity just to go around,
02:09and get to meet all these beautiful human beings, and see everywhere I can in Great Britain, and show it to Hager, and make music.
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