(This recently-discovered first draft of the Great Man's rock classic was originally a recipe set to music)

If you do veggie stew

Make sure you spuds are well cooked through

And your carrots and your turnips too

Al dente veg is so very hard to chew.

How to brew

Your veggie stew?

Put it in an oven dish on gas mark 2

For an hour; let it cook slowly through;

Then add you dumplings for a perfect veggie stew.

Veggie stew, veggie stew,

Suitable for veggies and for vegans too

Oh veggie, my veggie stew

It sticks to your ribs better than araldite glue.

Veggie stew, veggie stew

Eaten in Peru and also Timbucktu

Oh veggie, sweet veggie stew

You’ll become as good a chef as that Michel le Roux.

Veggie stew, veggie stew

Warms your cockles through and through

Oh veggie, hot veggie stew

Add a little chilli and it’s almost vindaloo.

Veggie stew, veggie stew,

Suitable for veggies and for vegans too

Oh veggie, my veggie stew

It sticks to your ribs better than araldite glue.

So once you knew

How to do

The perfect winter veggie stew

You’ll be feeding the neighbourhood crew

They’ll be making a queue for your winter veggie stew

You’ll have pulled quite a coup with your perfect veggie stew.