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England’s resident Ashes poet
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of December Leave a comment on this post
I’ve forgotten all about England’s resident Ashes poet, David Fine, who was despatched by the Arts Council to cover England’s tour. Rod reminds me, and here’s David’s entry from Boxing Day
I saw England collapse again,
Collapse again, collapse again,
I saw England collapse again,
On Boxing Day in Melbourne.Warnie got 5 for 39,
5 for 39, 5 for 39,
Warnie got 5 for 39,
On Boxing Day in Melbourne.
It gets better.
Grump, grump, grump I’m Glen McGrath,
Grump, grump, galumph, galgrumpalumph, I’m Glen McGrath,
I’ll bend your ear from here to the dressing room
And back again, over after over till you edge or miss
The point of my delivery
I’m not sure what to make of it, especially the first one, but I never quite got my head around stanzas and all that malarky. Your thoughts and submissions, please.
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Meanwhile, some photos from Devon.
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3 Responses to “England’s resident Ashes poet”
December 31st, 2006 at 12.32 am
January 5th, 2007 at 4.56 am
That’s a bad bad poem,
a bad poem, a bad poem,
Thats a really bad poem,
No worse could do Geoffrey’s mum
Who da hell sent him there,
sent him there, sent him there,
sent him there by paying his fare,
To scribble back about our Ozzie nightmare
January 5th, 2007 at 9.20 am
The second part reads like it was written by Bill Cosby.
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