I promised you the parody that my friend wrote for me. Robbie Callas was a good local singer and has now sadly gone to that great folk club in the sky. The local club run a competition every year in his memory. I hope we might hear Severn singing it one day!

Oh! The time of the year I like the best,
Is the time when the Moose sits on its nest,
And clasps its young to its hairy chest,
                                Bye and Bye
Oh the winds in the East and it’s blowing cold,
It’ll get much worse so I’ve been told,
Wouldn’t go outside for a sack of gold
                                Bye and Bye.

So I’ll stoke up the fire in the old stove-pot,
Get it going ‘till it glows red hot,
And put on the coffee – quite a lot!
                                Bye and Bye
The wolves ain’t howling now, it’s true,
They’re up on the roof snug around my flue,
I guess they know a thing or two!
                                Bye and Bye.

Two chipmunks snuck in through my front door
They’re snug in my woodbox, warm in every paw,
Reckon it’s part of their forest lore!
                                Bye and Bye
So I’ll pile up the blankets good and deep,
And underneath them I will creep,
To take a long, long winter sleep
                                Bye and Bye.