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THE OLD ONES

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(There's a bit of skipping - on the audio, that is, not by the old ones)

 

The Old Ones, now these days we’re Old Ones

And we Old Ones don’t need a second chance

To moan, groan, to dribble piss and to pong

But we Old Ones won’t be Old Ones very long.

 

The Old Ones, we’re all crabby Old Ones

And we Old Ones don’t think that it is wrong

To go bald, wear our pants when they’re soiled

Cos our bladder and our bowels now aren’t so strong

 

Those lucky in their lifetime

Live to see old age

When need I mention

With our pension

We don’t labour for a wage.

 

We Old Ones, let’s hear it for we Old Ones

Yes we Old Ones have no need to work

We dribble goo, jump in front at the queue

But we Old Ones won’t be Old Ones very long.

 

The Old Ones, raise a glass to Old Ones

We Old Ones, living off the State

But with aches, pains and blue varicose veins

Well we Old Ones won’t be Old Ones very long

◄ ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

WE'RE ALL GOING ON A SAGA HOLIDAY ►

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John Coopey

Mon 23rd Oct 2023 00:09

Thankyou for your thoughts, Uilleam.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Sun 22nd Oct 2023 21:49

When the younger lads at work used to take the mickey out of me with "it stinks of piss in here, he's over the hill", my riposte was: "at least I got to the hill; you'll be lucky if you get to it!"😉

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John Coopey

Sat 21st Oct 2023 23:24

Well said, Stephen. But I thought Graham’s bloke down the chip shop thought he was Elvis.

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Stephen Gospage

Sat 21st Oct 2023 16:42

It would have been an interesting meeting, Greg, although I can't quite see the poet singing along with Cliff at Wimbledon. Graham - I once wrote a short story which (briefly) featured a lecherous local butcher called Mr Larkin. So there are more about than we think.

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Oct 2023 18:20

Thankyou for your thoughts, Stephen, Greg and Graham. And for the Likes, Red Brick, Holden and Helene.

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Graham Sherwood

Fri 20th Oct 2023 10:25

That’ll be the Philip Larkin who works down the chip shop then will it? 😇

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Greg Freeman

Fri 20th Oct 2023 10:21

Cliff Richard meets Philip Larkin?! Now there's a thought, Steve ... the Beatles' first LP was a turning point for Cliff, too, as it turned out.

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Stephen Gospage

Fri 20th Oct 2023 08:38

Very good, John. Cliff Richard meets Philip Larkin!

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John Coopey

Fri 20th Oct 2023 00:34

ThankyouGraham and MC. Yes indeed MC, I shall pretend that’s mine!

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 19th Oct 2023 22:16

Love the reply from GS - wish I'd thought of that "Saga Holiday"
connection! 😊

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Graham Sherwood

Thu 19th Oct 2023 16:42

hahaha! What's next

"We're all going on a Saga Holiday"?

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John Coopey

Thu 19th Oct 2023 16:28

I can’t see him releasing this version, MC. And thanks for the Likes, Aisha and Manish.

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M.C. Newberry

Thu 19th Oct 2023 15:39

Well, you have to laugh, don't you? What other choice is there?😛
Thanks for the comfort of this Cliff Richard parody. I'm sure he'd
raise a glass from the confines of his vineyard in Portugal - or
wherever he's spending his senior years right now.

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