(Following the enormous success of my previous post "Villanelle for a Shed" among you fellow shedren, I have decided to treat the world to a re-post of my classic "Your First Hut is the Cheapest", an original cruelly stolen from me by Cat Stevens, PP Arnold, Rod Stewart etc)

 

I could have bought a good shed from the start

But I got one from the Exchange and Mart

Now the buggers started falling apart

So now I need to buy another shed

I’ll buy a better shed this time cos I know

Your first hut is the cheapest

I’ve learnt so I know

Your first hut is the cheapest

But cheapest often means that it is worst

I should have gone for quality from the first

And, of course, I never got reimbursed

So need to buy another shed.

 

I’m getting roof felt a gale won’t remove

I’m getting flooring that’s been tongued and grooved

With a kite-mark that’s BS-approved

Cos I know that I’ve to buy a better shed…..

 

I’ll get the cladding in best pine ship-lap

To ensure there’s no knots and no gaps

I’ve learned my lesson  - I’ll no buy no crap

Cos I know that I’ve to buy a better shed…..