For Eve
This year we had a staycation
We holidayed at home
Well they say there’s a recession
And it costs too much to roam
It’s all the rage you know
The very latest trend
If you’re running out of money
And the banks don’t want to lend
We went down to the beach a bit
And paddled in the sea
But ice-creams are expensive
And my [...]
There can be no doubt that the Cote D’Azure
Has always held a certain allure
Nice, on a cloudless, sun-drenched day
A stroll down the Promenade des Anglais
The millionaires’ yachts on the azure sea
There is no finer place to be
Except perhaps, along the coast
At Cannes, where topless bathers roast
And pavement café life overflows
With those who simply love to [...]
It was 200 years ago
But oh, it irked my Boney so
You see, he had a cunning plan
To take out that annoying little English man
And his navy, we were to conquer the shores
Of that island that you now call yours
My Boney had a fascination
With European domination
I tried with all my womanly wiles
To beg him, ‘Forget the [...]