My Claim To Fame

I went to school with a famous girl Many years ago She wasn't nothing special then Bit snooty as it goes She played well for the hockey team Goalkeeper at her station But clever as she was at that It wasn't her vocation She was middling at maths Her spelling was bad Geography rotten Her art work quite sad She hated cooking Couldn't sew She was very good looking But didn't she know! Just another Classmate at school Nothing much special About her at all Until one Christmas New teacher appears Says were doing a play He wants volunteers And up shot her hand No hesitation And wasn't she grand A standing ovation Next term came Another play Another triumph Stupendous they say And on this went Term after term For training shes sent And never returned Next time I see her She's on the TV The girl who sat by me In Maths and RE Now many years later And by any measure The girl in my class Is a national treasure Shes Oscars and BAFTAS Shes even a dame Im glad that I knew her Shes my claim to fame