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Summer Dawn
My sleeping children are still flying dreamsin their goose-down heads.The lush of the river singing morning songsFish watch their ceilings turn..
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I'M Walking Backwards For Christmas
I'm walking backwards for Christmas,Across the Irish Sea,I'm walking backwards for Christmas,It's the only thing for me.I've tried walking..
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There Are Holes In The Sky
There are holes in the skyWhere the rain gets inBut they're ever so smallThat's why the rain is thin.
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hen I Suspected
There will be a time when it will end.Be it partingBe it deathSo each passing minute with youPendulummed with sadness.So many timesI looked long into..
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In The Land Of The Bumbley Boo
In the land of the Bumbley BooThe People are red white and blue,They never blow noses,Or ever wear closes,What a sensible thing to do!In the land of..
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Values '67
Pass by citizendon't look left or rightKeep those drip dry eyes straight aheadA tree? Chop it down- it's a dangerto lightning!Pansies calling for..
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Omen Of Emptiness
The clock has turned enoughto reach a planetLife is endless nightI hear wings beating inthe dark of my roomA giant Raven is waiting –for me to fall..
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Bongaloo
'What is a Bongaloo, Daddy?''A Bongaloo, Son,' said I,'Is a tall bag of cheesePlus a Chinaman's kneesAnd the leg of a nanny goat's eye.''How strange..
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So Fair Is She
So fair is she!So fair her faceSo fair her pulsing figureNot so fairThe maniacal stareOf a husband who's much bigger.
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Porridge
Why is there no monumentTo Porridge in our land?It it's good enough to eat,It's good enough to stand!On a plinth in LondonA statue we should seeOf..
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Maveric
Maveric ProwlesHad Rumbling BowlesThat thundered in the night.It shook the bedrooms all aroundAnd gave the folks a fright.The doctor called;He was..
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wo Children
Two children (small), one Four, one Five,Once saw a bee go in a hive,They'd never seen a bee before!So waited there to see some more.And sure enough..
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Oojah-Ka-Piv
The people who liveOn the Oojah-ka-PivStand around in bundles of nineWhen asked how it feelsThey reply 'Curried Eels'!Otherwise - everything's going..
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Welcome Home
Unaware of my crimethey stood me in the dock.I was sentenced to life....without her.Strange trial.No judge.No jury.I wonder who my visitors will be.
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The Soldiers At Lauro
Young are our deadLike babies they lieThe wombs they blest onceNot healed dryAnd yet - too soonInto each spaceA cold earth fallsOn colder face.Quite..
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Why?
American DetectivesNever remove their hatsWhen investigating murdersIn other people's flats.P.S. Chinese TecsAre far more dreaded!And they always..
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Goodbye S.S.
Go away girl, go awayand let me pack my dreamsNow where did I put those yesteryearsmade up with broken seamsWhere shall I sweep the piecesmy God they..
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Contagion
Elephants are contagious!Be careful how you tread.An Elephant that's been trodden onShould be confined to bed!Leopards are contagious too.Be careful..
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Indian Boyhood
What happened to the boy I was?Why did he run away?And leave me old and thinking, likeThere'd been no yesterday?What happened then?Was I that boy?Who..
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If I Could Write Words
If I could write wordsLike leaves on an autumn forest floor,What a bonfire my letters would make.If I could speak words of water,You would drown when..
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Philip Le Barr
Philip Le Barr,Was knock down by a car,On the road to Mandalay.He was knocked down againBy a dust cart in SpainAnd again in Zanzibar.So,He travled at..
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Eurolove
I cannotand I will notNo, I cannot love you lessLike the flower to the butterflyThe corsage to the dressShe turns my love to dustmy destination..
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Teeth
English Teeth, English Teeth!Shining in the sunA part of British heritageAye, each and every one.English Teeth, Happy Teeth!Always having funClamping..
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I Must Go Down To The Sea Again
I must go down to the sea again,to the lonely sea and the sky;I left my shoes and socks there -I wonder if they're dry?
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