Ring o ring

O roses

What’s the time

Mr Wolf

Hop scotch

Hop scotch

It’s time for tea

 

Let us skip

On home

Knock down ginger

Did you say

OK

Let’s play!

 

The Queens Jubilee

Tug of war

And Jelly on the street

 

Mrs Jones

Is playing

Elvis

On her wash board

Hughie Green

Is on TV

 

Rag and bone man

Is calling

Any old rags

Any old bone

Fanny…

Your dad is on the phone!

 

Hiding

From the milkman

It’s been a terribly

Tight week

Ducked under the window

Trying hard not to peek

 

Roundabouts and swings

We were the playground Kings

Kisses in the shelter

Of the high rise blocks

Running from the cops!

 

Spending pennies

In the sweet shop

Collecting 7up cans

For the original

Recycling man

 

Housewives

Scrubbing front door

Steps

Gossiping over garden

Gates

No-one had ever heard

Of Bill or his mates

 

Lights flickering

Was it

Seven or Eight?

Who forgot the candles

Never mind

It is quite late

 

Time for bed

Who’s taking

Tails tonight?

Not me!

It’s my turn

To be at the head

 

If you recognize

Any of this

I guess you were there

Welcome to memory

Lane

Surviving the 70s

Is our claim

To fame

And by the way

Elvis

Is dead!

 

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