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NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO

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Up in the morning to start your day

“What shall we do?” You hear yourself say

You realise then and you feel a berk

The Government’s said that you can’t work

Should you go out?  The answer is “No!”

There’s no particular place to go.

 

It’s 9am and the time is near

For cracking a can of lager beer

At 10 o’clock and you’re on your third

You’re starting to sweat and your voice is slurred

You’ll need a new crate if you don’t slow

But there’s no particular place to go.

 

Lie on the couch; you’re stuck in your flat

Eating Doritos and just getting fat

Watching TV in the afternoon

Thinking of chips – it’s dinner time soon

Watching your waistline constantly grow

With no particular place to go.

 

All day long you’ve been waiting for tea

Chips again? We’ll just have to see

More TV and constantly fed

Another day over, it’s time for bed

Tomorrow again the same status quo

With no particular place to go.

◄ "YOU LITTLE TOE RAG!"

YER PILUM ►

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John Coopey

Mon 27th Apr 2020 14:43

Deep respect, Greg. I take it you are a one-hit-wonder? I hold you in the same reverence as The Archies and Esther and Abi Ofarim?
I gauge he wasn’t a particularly nice person, MC. But he was a cornerstone of rock ‘n’ roll’s hall of fame.
And thanks for the “Like”, Katy G.

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M.C. Newberry

Mon 27th Apr 2020 13:05

Another clever entertaining musical pastiche from an expert!
"Give me some of that Rock and Roll music...
Anyway you choose it..." (more Chuck Berry that makes me smile).

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Greg Freeman

Mon 27th Apr 2020 09:39

I have milked my tenuous Chuck Berry connection over the years. I will post my poem shortly. But first here's this. (Imagine my disappointment to discover years later that Noddy Holder is also bellowing on this recording. After all, he's had enough no 1 records).

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/may/04/chuck-berry-my-ding-a-ling

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John Coopey

Mon 27th Apr 2020 08:51

He must be laughing in his grave, Greg, at upsetting the establishment with such a load of tosh. I empathise completely.

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Greg Freeman

Mon 27th Apr 2020 08:33

Don't get me started on that, John ... I was there, I'm on that record.

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John Coopey

Mon 27th Apr 2020 08:11

An homage to one of the great poets, Don. Chuck Berry. “ I want you to play with my ding-a-ling”.

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Don Matthews

Mon 27th Apr 2020 00:15

Wot?.....it rhymes?....I do believe it's a poem....

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