Short Trad Poems

hop,skip

jive trip

Note:Skip jive ,very popular on late fifties England,dance to 'trad' jazz bands...

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Ken Colyer&his 50's band
in dance halls across England
With hop skip&jive
he made 'trad jazz' come alive...

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there's no other way
so that pass trad
try ing get it all free
thinking thats the key
no doudt
theyer for a 
HAND OUT...

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TWIST AGAIN
disc-go
move slow
CHARLESTON
kick feet
off beat
TRAD JAZZ
hop skip
jive trip
SOLO EGO
line dance
per chance...

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A swift half of cider in the Bodega bar
sadly none of us could afford a car.
Dropping a shilling in  the snug juke box
Haley and Elvis,then so unorthodox

Trad jazz with Donegan,Bilk or Collier 
no ballroom bacchanalia
Skip,hip-hop style jive 
50's music had come alive...

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TRAD JAZZ
hop skip
jive trip

NOTE:A footle is a two line ,2 syllable verse with an integral title-Light Poetic verse form,witty,pertinent,topical etc (technically a trochaic monometer and not necessarily in rhyme).A 'hybrid' innovative sequenced variation has
developed over the years (since 2009)alongside the original definition...

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Sing it Loud
Sing it Clear
Melodious Songs
Please the Ear
Sing it Trilly
Sing it Silly
Sing a Lullaby
To baby Billy
Sing it Alone
Sing it Together
Sing with Gusto
Giving Pleasure
Sing it Trad
Sing it Sad
Sing with Passion
Good or Bad
Sing it with Spirit
Sing it with Zest
Join in Chorus
With the Rest
All join Hands
Form a Ring
Dance Around
And Sing Sing Sing...

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hair brylcreamed.
   into town 
       to the pub in the square, 
our gang always met there

trad jazz with Donegan,
                        Bilk or Collier 
or maybe the ballroom for
bacchanalia

skip,hip-hop or jive
 or more sedately 
to the Friday Five.

a swift half of cider
         in the Bodega bar
sadly none of us then
       could afford a car.
dropping a shilling 
         .. in  the snug juke box
     Haley and Elvis,then
so unorthodox....

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Paths are foundations one have chosen. Our lives are similar to various music, beliefs, cultures, religions, relationships one writes the lyrics, We often rehearse, perform the tunes to choose paths how one sets the volume and adjust which station to tuned to are choices which songs to live by. Our choices the footsteps one trad upon are mere choices one chooses to dance to the sounds of music, One chooses one’s atmosphere, music and relationships, One chooses to walk by faith and not sight....

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