Spike Milligan Poems

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21.
Teeth

English Teeth, English Teeth!
Shining in the sun
A part of British heritage
Aye, each and every one.
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22.
I Must Go Down To The Sea Again

I must go down to the sea again,
to the lonely sea and the sky;
I left my shoes and socks there -
I wonder if they're dry?
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23.
Eurolove

I cannot
and I will not
No, I cannot love you less
Like the flower to the butterfly
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24.
Indian Boyhood

What happened to the boy I was?
Why did he run away?
And leave me old and thinking, like
There'd been no yesterday?
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25.
Goodbye S.S.

Go away girl, go away
and let me pack my dreams
Now where did I put those yesteryears
made up with broken seams
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26.
Contagion

Elephants are contagious!
Be careful how you tread.
An Elephant that's been trodden on
Should be confined to bed!
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27.
Welcome Home

Unaware of my crime
they stood me in the dock.

I was sentenced to life....
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28.
Why?

American Detectives
Never remove their hats
When investigating murders
In other people's flats.
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29.
The Soldiers At Lauro

Young are our dead
Like babies they lie
The wombs they blest once
Not healed dry
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30.
Maveric

Maveric Prowles
Had Rumbling Bowles
That thundered in the night.
It shook the bedrooms all around
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