Long Butties Poems

On the first day of Christmas my loved ones gave to me,
And a plate of turkey butties.

On the second day of Christmas my loved ones gave to me,
Two girly books,
And a plate of turkey butties.

On...

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A professor of difficult sums
Who led a simple and useful life
Till he met Big Bertha from Beverley
And took her to be his wife.
It was a convention of difficult sums 
On the logistics of long haul
Followed...

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When my family went camping on the farm,
we were blown away by its rural charm.
Beautiful views of rolling hills and pastures green,
It was a sight that just had to be seen.

We pitched our tents down...

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Oh second hand counting time
upon the liver building gothic clock
Waving goodwill to her dearly departed 3 sister's
Starring gainly upon lady mersey set a blitz

Climbing up her red bricks
Of the old abandoned mill's
And lighting up her...

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Happy birthday josette my sweet girl
Enjoy the day I hope you will
Stay in bed, relax as best you can
For today the works done by your man

Bacon butties or full English is at waking
As the kids...

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Darkness descends and most folk
Are slowly wending to their bed
But, across  there in Knotty Ash
Some Locals are stirring  instead.
The residents of Diddyland,
Where the sun always shines,
Are pulling on their working gear
For night shifts...

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When I left school at age fifteen years
This brave new world held many fears.
I got a job from the schools careers man,
I was going to be a trainee electrician.
Turners Asbestos Cement in Trafford Park
Was where...

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Manchester, born and bred, within a stone throw from the city centre
One of a family of nine kids and our mother as our mentor
In a place called Hulme, full of vagabonds and snot nosed scruff...

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My eyes look through my head and heart,
They are so scared and plead to part,
Though I should see for them,
Lead a life where love will stem,
We'll travel to Falmouth shore,
She'll smash my inner alarm from...

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Gerald was such an ordinary man
He went to work and was a music fan
But what he really liked the best
Was hot chips butties better than the rest

So at the end of each day 
He went...

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It was hot and arid in the desert
No wind, no breeze, not a breath
And Pedro and Luis were lost 
And so very close to  death.
As they crawled across the sand
As though trapped  in...

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My Jewish friends

This blaming of the Jews is so tiring I have worked
with many Jews, upholsterer of furniture and little shops
selling whatever needed,
the daily struggle and had no time to destroy the world.
They used to...

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I remember the sail boat gliding
down the stream,over slippery
boulders and frothy cream.

The Kingfisher darting by, the
tangerine flash catching eye,
minnows hide, scattering fry

And ratty on the grass bank,
gnawing on a crayfish shank,
once he'd eaten the water...

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Nothing but puppies;
Swam with the guppies;
Hang out cause their buddies, 
When they get out of the pool yukky
Smelly are the fur biddies, 
And those floppies, kitties,putties, putty, puffy, bunnies, 
Eaten all the yuppy gummies, 
While...

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Right outside my window
Wafting up inside,
Starting every morning,
Continues through the night,
Foods from every nation,
Right here where I live
Delicious and very tasty,
Different foods Instead
Starting with the sizzlers,
Starts the day ahead,
Moving on to bacon, 
Then butties on...

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