David Osborne's Funeral: Scrubbing Up Well

We have said farewell to David How we wish he had been there To see how much we loved the s*d And how we did our hair He would have loved the eulogy In which he got a mention For David always loved to be The centre of attention He would have liked the humour Had a hanky for the tears Been astounded at the love he had To show for all his years He would have wept to see us weeping Would have made a funny joke Not one much for nonsense A ‘geezer’ sort of bloke A man who worked with chemistry Who painted and played chess Who liked music and black humour And admired a pretty dress Two different lives, three families So many made the trip From different worlds, from far away His blood, his fellowship He would have loved the readings Would have looked well to this day And nodded at Corinthians In a wise and knowing way He would have said “Look after Margaret” And run after Michelle Then winked at Dick and hugged his son And others he knew well I thought I saw him in the corner Saw him sitting in a chair Serenity personified For just a moment there He really loved ‘Jerusalem’ We sang that b*gg*r loud My God, we scrubbed up bl**dy well And made the b*gg*r proud by Gail