SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTE AND TOUCH # 4

 

Sights, sounds, smells, taste, and touch

It’s funny the things that cause the memories to arise

When all of a sudden memory of my sister flood back

It’s Cilla Black, Port and Lemon and Devon Skies

SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTE AND TOUCH # 4

 

Sights, sounds, smells, taste, and touch

It’s funny the things that cause the memories to arise

When all of a sudden memory of my sister flood back

It’s Cilla Black, Port and Lemon and Devon Skies

WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE ATE A HEALTHY DIET # 2

 

When I was young we ate a healthy diet

With plenty of fruit and vegetables

But we never thought of eating Seaweed

In fact we didn’t even know it was edible

WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE ATE A HEALTHY DIET # 1

 

When I was young, we ate a healthy diet

With plenty of fruit and vegetables

And we didn’t do it under sufferance   

Apart from prunes which were medicinal

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF DRINKING COFFEE

 My first experience of drinking Coffee

Was when I was a kid at school

It came in a bottle and tasted foul

“Camp” it was called and wasn’t cool   

THEY DO VERY ODD THINGS WITH SPUDS

They do very odd things with spuds

Nowadays some of which seem crazy

When I was young people who didn't

Peel potatoes were regarded as lazy

ARE YOU WEARING A REUNION BADGE?

Are you wearing a reunion badge?

No wonder you look depressed,

Steer clear of the class reunion

It will just leave you distressed

I know it was a bit of fun looking

At the old school year books

But going will just make you feel

Older than everyone else looks

I WAS LITTLE MORE THAN A LAD

 

I was little more than a lad

And my hometown lay behind me

But I didn’t walk the road

As a lad for very long,

I quickly became a man

So I walked for many years

And for many miles

In country and in town

Working in the sweet-smelling fields

And the foul odorous cities

But I wandered tall and proud

Now the road lead me home

And the path breathes life

Into my wistful heart

JOYS OF A CHILDHOOD LOST

 

We virtually lived outside

Me and my friends

On long summer adventures

Until the days ends

But we weren’t just

The fair weather sort

We played outside even

When days were short

Rolling around in piles

Of autumn leaves of gold

Splashing through puddles

Despite being told

Playing imaginary games

About being lost in the fog
running through the woods

Chasing the dog.

In winter when Saturday came

Then off we’d go

With luck we’d wake

To find a fresh fall of snow

Then we’d happily sledge

Across the snowy land

Or build a snowman

Till we can’t feel our hands

Hours pass in minutes

As we’d happily roam

But despite the cold

We didn’t rush to get home

When we did we crunched

Through the crisp winter frost

Those were the joys

Of a childhood lost

WE HAVE LOVED EGGS # 4

 

We have loved eggs

Since we were children

Chuckie Eggs my dad

Used to call them

WE HAVE LOVED EGGS # 3

 

We have loved eggs

Since we were children

Cackle Berries my dad

Used to call them

WE HAVE LOVED EGGS # 2

 

We have loved eggs

Since we were children

Hen Fruits my dad

Used to call them

WE HAVE LOVED EGGS # 1

 

We have loved eggs

Since we were children

Boneless chickens

My dad used to call them

MY GRANDDAD WON’T EAT BROWN BREAD

 

My granddad won’t eat brown bread

Because he doesn’t have to anymore

When he was a boy his whole family

Had to eat it because they were poor

PINEAPPLE DUFFER

 

When my Dad was just a boy

Pineapple slices came in a tin

And had he put it on his dinner

Bedlam would have taken him

TAKEAWAYS

When my Dad was just a boy

They didn’t have takeaways

Except in maths which were

Called subtraction in olden days

PIZZA FAME

 

When my Dad was just a boy

He had never heard of pizza

But he thought it was famed

For having a leaning tower

SALT AND SHAKE

When I was a kid all crisps were plain

But we didn’t care about that a jot

After all we still had the choice

Of whether to put the salt on or not

WE USED TO EAT A LOT OF RICE

 We used to eat a lot of rice

When I was a boy, no kidding

But never for our dinner, we had it

With condensed milk for pudding

THEY’D NEVER HEARD OF YOGURT

 

They’d never heard of yogurt

When my Mum was young

And putting it on your privates

Would’ve got you hung