I’ve written another song.
The bells of York Minster sound out for Easter
“Oranges and limes!”, began one of the chimes,
“Ee, it’s good to be back, though m’ rope’s a bit slack.”
“What I want to know,” said the bell that sounds So,
“We was laid off, but what were t’ reason for that?”
“I don’t rightly know”, said t’ great bell tuned Do.
(False ending – i.e. slight pause, during which people who think the song has already finished may start to applaud, only to be interrupted by the the start of the next verse.)
“I’ve news about that”, piped oop t’bell tuned Bb.
“News? Pray announce!”, clanged several at once.
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#Catch50
The UK trying to leaving the EU may turn out to be like Captain Yossarian trying to leave the air force, in Catch-22. I have written a song about this.
Here are the lyrics.
Filed under #Brexit, Political, Satire and humour, Songs and poems, Star post
Affectionate parody of Westboro Baptist Church’s own witty parodies of popular songs.
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James Rhodes’ love song to Stephen Fry
Why did the mass media almost always mention Stephen Fry, in reports of James Rhodes victory in the Supreme Court? The victory clearing the way for the publication of his book Instrumental, which documents the homosexual abuse of James Rhodes during his childhood? Continue reading
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These are the lyrics of a song I wrote over a year ago. When I sing it, I set it to a slow country and western tune, similar to the one for the song D-I-V-O-R-C-E that was performed by Tammy Wynette. (It was partly that song that gave me the idea for this one.) It’s a song about a particular type of bereavement, and regret. The first chorus has alternative versions, for US and British audiences, respectively.
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LOST BROTHER
My baby girl is three years old,
My eyes, her mummy’s hair.
She doesn’t know, must not be told
’bout her brother, who isn’t there.
Her mum and I, we often cry,
’bout the days we met, in school
And we were blessed with a baby boy,
Who’s daddy was a fool.
She’s brought us joy, but I have cried.
My heart has been so torn
Because our son, her brother, died
Before our girl was born.
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First Chorus
He didn’t live long.
He’d done no wrong.
We thought he’d have to go.
Oh how I wish I’d never heard
Of folks called Wade and Roe.
He didn’t live long.
He’d done no wrong.
To us he didn’t seem real.
Oh how I wish he’d never been born …
… that MP, David Steel.
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She’s brought us joy, but I feel pain,
For the brother she’ll never see.
I weep with shame that our son was slain.
Who killed him? It was me.
I’d hold my son like I hold his sister
If I had my time again.
I wish we’d stopped that A B O
R T I O N.
Second chorus
He didn’t live long.
He’d done no wrong.
They tore him limb from limb.
No matter how many more children I have,
They’ll all remind me of him.
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(c) copyright John Allman MMXI
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This poem was inspired by a 2012 Daily Mail story, Teenager is arrested for burning poppy on Facebook. It is about freedom of speech, a freedom that is under constant threat.
BURNING THE POPPY
I choked back my tears, as I pondered the rhyme
On 11/11, at just the right time,
In my home town square, where the wreaths had been laid
And the mayor wore his chain, and the Last Post was played.
“For their tomorrow we gave our today.”
Shall we squander such sorrow? Throw tomorrow away? Continue reading
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