Biggus
11-27-2013, 09:26 AM
GO NOW BILL - WILLIAM ANTHONY "BILL" FOULKES - (5 JANUARY 1932 – 25 NOVEMBER 2013)
Go now Bill
Lay down the captain’s armband
You’ve earned your rest
Our tower of strength
Straight backed
Rugged and dependable
Take your place
Among your equals
And be at peace
Your strong facade
Oft betrayed
By sadness in your eyes
The sadness of survival
So go now Bill
And join the babes
You’ve missed so much
And take your place
Among immortals
RED MINI
My dad bought a new red Mini
He had it parked up at home
With a go faster stripe down the side
And brightly polished chrome
It had leather seats
And the dash was polished wood
It was nineteen sixty two
And it looked like a Mini should
GREEN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD
In green leathered comfort
I sat in a Chesterfield
In an atmosphere
That totally appealed
Among my piers
In silent appreciation
Almost a reverence
Of our quiet situation
A brandy on the table
A cigar in the ash tray
And the world held
Well and truly at bay
RED ARROWS
Red Arrows way up high
In tight formation fly
Weaving patterns across the sky
So pleasing to the eye
I WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC
I was stuck in traffic
And cursing they delay
And whatever problem
That was in the way
There was an accident
Bike versus van
Resulting in Life changing
Injuries To a man
And my one concern
Had been the inconvenience
But though I was late
I was not as a consequence
Left unable to walk
Or injured in anyway
Yes I was late for work
But I was still ok
BACK IN SMOGGY BERMONDSEY
When we were back
In smoggy Bermondsey
And all the money was spent
We looked back fondly
On our September holiday
Picking hops in Kent
GLIENICKE BRIDGE
On a grey misty morning
Under cold war skies
Spanning the Havel River
Stood the Bridge of Spies
Where in the murky light
At the hour of the Lark
The faceless ones
Exchange agents in the dark
RED BRICK
Red Brick, built Britain
For common man and squire
Built from the ground up
Until they built an Empire
THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH
The Red River of the North
Is born at the confluence
Of the Bois de Sioux
And the Otter Tail
Flowing north through
The Red River Valley,
Forming the border
Of Minnesota and North Dakota
On its journey into Manitoba
Where it washes into Lake Winnipeg
And spreads into the vast deltaic wetland
Known as Netley Marsh
BLACK SOX
In the 1919 World Series
The Black Sox scandal took place
When the Chicago White Sox
Much to their disgrace
Threw the series
To the Reds of Cincinnati
An event of epic proportions
That will for ever live in infamy
Go now Bill
Lay down the captain’s armband
You’ve earned your rest
Our tower of strength
Straight backed
Rugged and dependable
Take your place
Among your equals
And be at peace
Your strong facade
Oft betrayed
By sadness in your eyes
The sadness of survival
So go now Bill
And join the babes
You’ve missed so much
And take your place
Among immortals
RED MINI
My dad bought a new red Mini
He had it parked up at home
With a go faster stripe down the side
And brightly polished chrome
It had leather seats
And the dash was polished wood
It was nineteen sixty two
And it looked like a Mini should
GREEN LEATHER CHESTERFIELD
In green leathered comfort
I sat in a Chesterfield
In an atmosphere
That totally appealed
Among my piers
In silent appreciation
Almost a reverence
Of our quiet situation
A brandy on the table
A cigar in the ash tray
And the world held
Well and truly at bay
RED ARROWS
Red Arrows way up high
In tight formation fly
Weaving patterns across the sky
So pleasing to the eye
I WAS STUCK IN TRAFFIC
I was stuck in traffic
And cursing they delay
And whatever problem
That was in the way
There was an accident
Bike versus van
Resulting in Life changing
Injuries To a man
And my one concern
Had been the inconvenience
But though I was late
I was not as a consequence
Left unable to walk
Or injured in anyway
Yes I was late for work
But I was still ok
BACK IN SMOGGY BERMONDSEY
When we were back
In smoggy Bermondsey
And all the money was spent
We looked back fondly
On our September holiday
Picking hops in Kent
GLIENICKE BRIDGE
On a grey misty morning
Under cold war skies
Spanning the Havel River
Stood the Bridge of Spies
Where in the murky light
At the hour of the Lark
The faceless ones
Exchange agents in the dark
RED BRICK
Red Brick, built Britain
For common man and squire
Built from the ground up
Until they built an Empire
THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH
The Red River of the North
Is born at the confluence
Of the Bois de Sioux
And the Otter Tail
Flowing north through
The Red River Valley,
Forming the border
Of Minnesota and North Dakota
On its journey into Manitoba
Where it washes into Lake Winnipeg
And spreads into the vast deltaic wetland
Known as Netley Marsh
BLACK SOX
In the 1919 World Series
The Black Sox scandal took place
When the Chicago White Sox
Much to their disgrace
Threw the series
To the Reds of Cincinnati
An event of epic proportions
That will for ever live in infamy