‘Light is life, and life is joy’
sang merrily the choir boy
whose ruffle hung around his neck,
which yesterday was on the deck
pinned down by bullies in the yard.
His life at school was very hard.

At home the picture’s not too bright,
for mum and dad do nowt but fight
and sister’s having Conrad’s kid
whose Grandpa will be Uncle Sid.

So life is dark for choir boy James
who plays ...

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Now the mast that holds the sail,
Now the Captain of the ship
That billows on the rugged waves
‘Til teatime.

It can make a handsome man
Or a princess with a fan.
It’s a lever for a digger;
Anything!

A dagger, a bird, a plane
A rudder; never the same
Make it whatever you fancy
Like I can!

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It was blue

Cambridge blue

Bright and shiny

Almost new 

- or so it seemed to me.

Made of tin,

With me sat in

It was a racer, then a tank;

Now a dustcart emptying bins

Along our street.

It went at some speed

With pedals, or feet

And a pull of the wheel

To get round that bend

- until ……

That day when the van came

And took it away

“To ...

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