Daddy, tell me again of days gone by
How William slew the Jacobites
And claimed Ulster as our home
And sent the Catholics from Armagh
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The Fall
Someone mentioned 780 steps, that's a long way
Is that up or down? Either way it's to much for an old man
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Omega beckons, sucked into a black hole
All matter, all creatures great and small
Spectacularly nothing left of the wonders
Of God's mystery and magical creation
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Hallelujah!
There is some devil there, I know it, I am certain of it,
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THE HARE WITH THE AMBER EYES
A few words of explanation first
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King James Bible 1 Peter 4: 8
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
As I suckled on my mother's breast,
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Westwards 1951
Dreary brick buildings, line the track
War torn homes, damaged by flack
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Ode to Carol
I did spy a beauty named - Carol Peach,
On holiday in Barbados - on a white sandy beach,
(yes, Peach really was her surname - she was not to blame,)
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Cephalonia's sun scorched slabs Surrounding the soaking swimmers I slip silently in and out of sleep As I seem to be studying the script Zzzzzz, Zzzzzz, Zzzzzz.
Slipping into the seventies stirs Memories of slender svelte singles Showing their sublime sex to my Complete satisfaction, dream on
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