Thanks, Dave, that was my concern . .

Let me also add . . "Sid Kipper" continues to make his living by his writing and performing. It isn't ever going to make him a rich man; he deserves all the credits and all the royalties he can get, and by failing to acknowledge his copyright we increase (however slightly) the chance of his failing to do so.

So I hope some of you who've appreciated the Kipper parodies will also search out the original material (for all that I detest his chosen record company).

And to whet your apetite a little further (he says, climbing off his high horse . . ) here's another "Sid and Henry Special"

The Poacher's Christmas
(c) Dick Nudds and Chris Sugden

On the first day of Christmas my dog and I brought back
A partridge in an old sack.

Two moor hens

Three lame ducks

Four bald coots

Five poached eggs

Six bootiful turkeys

Seven pleasant pheasants

Eight stoned crows

Nine breeding rabits - all with dirty habits

Ten hares receding

Eleven salmon smoking

Twelve stags a-rutting

On the thirteenth day of Christmas my dog and I got caught with:
Twelve stags a-rutting
etc.

Spoken: We got taken to court and tried
and spent the next fourteen days inside.

Happy Christmas one and all! I'll be disappearing for the next few days.

G.