it does not get more british than this
a musical offering for a nation beset
by disaster of late
the english folk song suite
evokes images of
sticky puddings
spotted dick
toad in the hole
bubble and squeak
peaches and cream complexions
fair hair'd blue eyed lasses named
millicent and harriet
hooray henrys in bowler hats
with furled umbrellas
stiff upper lips
cricket on the village green
knitted teapot covers and cosy pubs
a world long gone
'seventeen come sunday '
who hums that now
a faded image of the past
only seen in black and white b grade movies
on late night tv for insomniacs
it was the same
all those feelings
troubador or not
we all feel love
we all feel desire
we all feel pain
we all want healing
some of us lose the plot
look for answers above
we all feel the fire
some seek fame
dealing and wheeling
intent on winning the lot
others choose peace of the dove
free from trauma and ire
she listens to the rain
pretending she's reading
forehead clammy a little hot
when it come to push and shove
thoughts of him make her perspire
a match without any gain
she begged her father pleading
he refused declaring it a plot
beating her troubador with his glove
to the nunnery you go enjoy the choir