Parody of Flanders and Swann
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Parody of The Gas Man Cometh by Flanders and Swann
It was on a Monday morning the boiler man came to call
Said he’d return with spare parts - but I’d have to wait till fall
It was on a Tuesday morning the tax man came to call
I told him he could sling his hook - for I'd nothing left at all
It was on a Wednesday morning the banker came to call
I told him to get on his bike or he was heading for a fall
It was on a Thursday morning the psychiatrist came to call
I welcomed him into the lounge and left him staring at the wall
It was on a Friday morning the doctor came to call
He said there was no hope for me - the writing’s on the wall
It was on a Saturday morning the undertaker came to call
He took away my dead body – it’s of no use to me at all
It was on a Sunday morning the relatives finally came to call
To see what I’d left them in my will – I’d left them b***er all!
14th March 2015
The poem is based on the Flanders and Swann song ‘the Gas Man cometh’
This is the link in case you are interested in seeing the original
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QyCkwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzyeMFSzPgGc&ei=_bMEVbLdOJLWapXSgZAK&usg=AFQjCNGdCkkRzF_J0uZ0gJyqE64BZHYS1w&sig2=sp627Tl2_zW3tc16E4_tvg&bvm=bv.88198703,d.d24
Copyright © Jan Allison | Year Posted 2015
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