"ALL THERE IN BLACK'N'WHITE"
Wife of former Wisbech Town F C manager Roy McManus,Liz (who by the way does the best tripe and onions of any b & b in the Wisbech area)is a serial pest with emails.If you want your inbox to be full of total crap,with the odd smattering of good stuff,do what I did and get yourself on her mailing list.Anyway,the other day along with an email regarding the sexual habits bishee-barny bees (lady-birds),she suggested I should write a poem on The World Cup.So,I did.There you go Liz,I give you
ALL THERE IN BLACK'N'WHITE
LAST NIGHT,I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM,
IT SURELY WOKE ME UP.
WHEN I DREAMPT THAT 'MOTHER ENGLAND'
HAD WON,THE WORLD CUP.
IT WAS ALL SO REAL AND VIVID,
YOU COULD SWEAR,THAT I WAS THERE.
AS I SAW THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN
RAISE THE TROPHY IN THE AIR.
IN THE GROUPS,WE'D REALLY STARTED SLOW,
FIRST WAS NIL ALL DRAW.
BUT WE SCORED TWO IN THE NEXT ONE,
AND IN THE THIRD,A COUPLE MORE.
SO,THAT HAD PUT US TOP OF GROUP,
WE,TO THE QUARTER FINALS FLEW.
IN THAT,THOUGH WE ONLY NETTED ONE,
BUT,THEY GOT NONE,WE'RE THROUGH.
TO THE SEMI FINALS OFF WE WENT
OUR JOB WAS THREE PARTS DONE.
WE SLOTTED HOME TWO GOALS THAT DAY,
OUR FOES, COULD GET BUT ONE,
THE FINAL,WE HAD MADE IT.
WE WERE READY,WE WERE PUMPED,
BUT AFTER TWELVE WE LET ONE IN
TO AN EARLY LEAD THEY'D JUMPED.
ON EIGHTEEN MINUTES,WE GOT IT BACK,
BY SEVENTY EIGHT,WE'D GONE AHEAD.
BUT RIGHT ON NINETY,THEY EQUALIZED
NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND FANS,STUNNED DEAD.
IN EXTRA TIME OUR MEN MARCHED ON,
THEY WERE TIRED,AND THEY WERE SORE.
BUT RULE BRITANIA RULED THE WAVES,
WHEN, THE HAMMER HIT TWO MORE.
WHAT?
THE HAMMER HIT TWO MORE.
AND NOBBY HELD THE CUP ON HIGH,
HE SKIPPED AS ROUND HE WENT.
THE SMILING FACE OF GEOFFREY HURST,
HIS HAT-TRICK HEAVEN SENT.
GORDON BANKS HAD KEPT THEM OUT,
RAY WILSON AND GEORGE COHEN
BOBBY MOORE,JACK CHARLTON,MARTIN PETERS
WERE STARS.THAT JUST KEPT GOIN'
ROGER HUNT,BOBBY CHARLTON,NOT FORGETTING ALAN BALL
ELEVEN HERO'S ON THAT DAY,
MADE ALF RAMSEY "KING OF ALL".
THE THIRTIETH JULY,NINETEEN SIXTY-SIX
A DATE THATS ETCHED IN STONE.
UNTIL THAT IS,SAME TIME THIS YEAR
WHEN WE BRING THE TROPHY HOME.
WELL,I SUPPOSE THIS ALL EXPLAINS ONE THING,
THE MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT.
IT EXPLAINS TO ME THE REASON,
IT WAS ALL,IN BLACK'N'WHITE
ALL THERE IN BLACK'N'WHITE
LAST NIGHT,I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM,
IT SURELY WOKE ME UP.
WHEN I DREAMPT THAT 'MOTHER ENGLAND'
HAD WON,THE WORLD CUP.
IT WAS ALL SO REAL AND VIVID,
YOU COULD SWEAR,THAT I WAS THERE.
AS I SAW THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN
RAISE THE TROPHY IN THE AIR.
IN THE GROUPS,WE'D REALLY STARTED SLOW,
FIRST WAS NIL ALL DRAW.
BUT WE SCORED TWO IN THE NEXT ONE,
AND IN THE THIRD,A COUPLE MORE.
SO,THAT HAD PUT US TOP OF GROUP,
WE,TO THE QUARTER FINALS FLEW.
IN THAT,THOUGH WE ONLY NETTED ONE,
BUT,THEY GOT NONE,WE'RE THROUGH.
TO THE SEMI FINALS OFF WE WENT
OUR JOB WAS THREE PARTS DONE.
WE SLOTTED HOME TWO GOALS THAT DAY,
OUR FOES, COULD GET BUT ONE,
THE FINAL,WE HAD MADE IT.
WE WERE READY,WE WERE PUMPED,
BUT AFTER TWELVE WE LET ONE IN
TO AN EARLY LEAD THEY'D JUMPED.
ON EIGHTEEN MINUTES,WE GOT IT BACK,
BY SEVENTY EIGHT,WE'D GONE AHEAD.
BUT RIGHT ON NINETY,THEY EQUALIZED
NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND FANS,STUNNED DEAD.
IN EXTRA TIME OUR MEN MARCHED ON,
THEY WERE TIRED,AND THEY WERE SORE.
BUT RULE BRITANIA RULED THE WAVES,
WHEN, THE HAMMER HIT TWO MORE.
WHAT?
THE HAMMER HIT TWO MORE.
AND NOBBY HELD THE CUP ON HIGH,
HE SKIPPED AS ROUND HE WENT.
THE SMILING FACE OF GEOFFREY HURST,
HIS HAT-TRICK HEAVEN SENT.
GORDON BANKS HAD KEPT THEM OUT,
RAY WILSON AND GEORGE COHEN
BOBBY MOORE,JACK CHARLTON,MARTIN PETERS
WERE STARS.THAT JUST KEPT GOIN'
ROGER HUNT,BOBBY CHARLTON,NOT FORGETTING ALAN BALL
ELEVEN HERO'S ON THAT DAY,
MADE ALF RAMSEY "KING OF ALL".
THE THIRTIETH JULY,NINETEEN SIXTY-SIX
A DATE THATS ETCHED IN STONE.
UNTIL THAT IS,SAME TIME THIS YEAR
WHEN WE BRING THE TROPHY HOME.
WELL,I SUPPOSE THIS ALL EXPLAINS ONE THING,
THE MYSTERY OF THE NIGHT.
IT EXPLAINS TO ME THE REASON,
IT WAS ALL,IN BLACK'N'WHITE
posted by tonyfromwindsor | June 08, 2006
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