village verse
ramblers skiffle group
ramblers skiffle group
1956-59
bert sang and played guitar
and I played tea-chest base
tubby played the washboard
and we practised at his place
when we used to have a skiffle group
in those days when years were long
and once the girls yelled and screamed
through every single song
then they tried to chat us up
which was a bit sad
as they all had boyfriends
from among the local lads
and one hatfield youth club party
I had a pleasant shock
when lily clappison showed me
how she played postman's knock
life was a seamless carpet
stretching endlessly ahead
before alan stopped being bert
and bill giles wasn't dead
1956-59
bert sang and played guitar
and I played tea-chest base
tubby played the washboard
and we practised at his place
when we used to have a skiffle group
in those days when years were long
and once the girls yelled and screamed
through every single song
then they tried to chat us up
which was a bit sad
as they all had boyfriends
from among the local lads
and one hatfield youth club party
I had a pleasant shock
when lily clappison showed me
how she played postman's knock
life was a seamless carpet
stretching endlessly ahead
before alan stopped being bert
and bill giles wasn't dead
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ramblers skiffle group
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