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Thread #125600   Message #2783853
Posted By: GUEST
08-Dec-09 - 12:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bloody Orkney Reply
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BLOODY ORKNEYS (Hamish Blair)
The Bloody Orkneys

This bloody town's a bloody cuss
No bloody trains, no bloody bus,
And no one cares for bloody us
In bloody Orkney.

The bloody roads are bloody bad,
The bloody folks are bloody mad,
They'd make the brightest bloody sad,
In bloody Orkney.

All bloody clouds, and bloody rains,
No bloody kerbs, no bloody drains,
The Council's got no bloody brains,
In bloody Orkney.

Everything's so bloody dear,
A bloody bob, for bloody beer,
And is it good? - no bloody fear,
In bloody Orkney.

The bloody 'flicks' are bloody old,
The bloody seats are bloody cold,
You can't get in for bloody gold
In bloody Orkney.

The bloody dances make you smile,
The bloody band is bloody vile,
It only cramps your bloody style,
In bloody Orkney.

No bloody sport, no bloody games,
No bloody fun, the bloody dames
Won't even give their bloody names
In bloody Orkney.

Best bloody place is bloody bed,
With bloody ice on bloody head,
You might as well be bloody dead,
In bloody Orkney

-- Hamish Blair


The Orcadians replied..



Captain Hamish "Bloody" Blair
Isna posted here nae mare
But no-one seems to bloody care
In bloody Orkney.

However there is another full length poem retort written by a lady who I believe was a wireless operator. That is what I am trying to track down.

You are quite right, it is a spectacular place to live, ignoring the horizontal rain and 100 mph winds we sometimes get. But most days are fine and though colder on average than England it's reasonably constant as it's warmed by the gulf stream.