Loudon Wainwright III “Suddenly it’s Christmas”
A Very Merry Christmas to you all.
Three Score and Ten is taking a festive breather but just in case you feel neglected here is a wonderfully seasonal song from the brilliant Loudon Wainwright III. A big thanks to all the visitors to my blog over the last nine months (nearly 2,000 views from 30 different countries) and a Merry Christmas to you all. Three Score and Ten will be back on Friday 5th January.
To keep you going until then here is a festive poem. It isn’t new, I wrote it many years ago but it is about Christmas and it is funny and I hope you enjoy it. It was written for the Christmas Party at the Dharma Banana in the legendary Fighting Cocks pub in beautiful down town Byker in 1999.
Mary’s Girl Child
The Angel Gabriel:
Mary I am afraid I have to tell you
I know your head’s in a whirl
But it’s not the little boy you expected
You will give birth to a girl
Mary:
I was told by the Lord Jehovah
I don’t believe it, it’s not true
He said it was the Messiah
Look! All his clothes are blue
Three wise men cannot be wrong
I am positive, I got it right
They said the Saviour of the World
Would be born here.. tonight
Then God the Father spoke:
My gift you would shun
Is this the thanks I get
After everything I’ve done
She is the finest of your race
I am sorry, it has to be said
But if she’s not satisfactory
I’ll send a man instead.
©Jeff Price December 1999