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This goodly archive of my poems, lyrics, playlets and articles will remain here as an archive. It began on Vox and moved to Typepad when Vox closed. I won't be updating this blog much but it is already a huge archive of my work - hope you will enjoy some of it.

My new blog is on Blogspot and I'm finding easier to use than Typepad. The new blog will concentrate on work that has recently been published in PATTAYA TRADER - distributed to over 8000 people. Do visit me over on Blog spot - 

THE GOOD SHIP ALBION (Blogspot version) http://captainmarkb.blogspot.com/

Launch 1410

Song Lyrics:

TRADE WINDS

From the Valley of Dry Bones

a crew with motley skin tones

came a-sailing into view

 

The trade winds blow

Don Benito

The trade winds blow

Cap'n Cereno

Too bad you had to die

Too bad you had to go

 

A man with a Spanish tongue

By his side maybe a cutlass hung

and perhaps a pistol too

 

The trade etc

 

From etc

 

The trade etc

 

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO

The colours of which

his feathers are made

put the hen birds

in the shade

as through the mud

they all go wade

 

Cock-a-doodle-doo

see him strut

around the chicks

beside the hut

Cock- etc

 

He's got himself a harem

He's got a seraglio

Lets them gobble the corn

before he has a go

Don't they just love him

Doesn't he love them so

 

Cock- etc etc

 

The colours etc

 

Cock- etc etc

Launch 1409

Song Lyric:

THE CONFIDENCE MAN

The confidence man

That's what I am

The confidence man

That's what he sang

I'm confident all's gone wrong

 

See me beam a smile

See me skip a mile

I'm just the guy to beguile

Many people adopt my style

 

The conf. etc

 

You see the self-help book

You see the put on look

You take me for a con, a crook

By my honesty now be struck

 

The conf. etc

 

See me etc

 

The conf. etc

Launch 1408

Song Lyric:

BACK TO THE BUS

Back to the bus

Don't get caught in the rush

Run fast the band

Get followed by fans

 

Safe on your seat

yet feeling the heat

Hounds after the meat

now you've finished the beat

 

Back to etc

 

But isn't it just fun

though the tour rolls on

and you're stuck for a song

tired and high all in one

 

Back to etc

 

Safe etc

 

Back to etc

Launch 1407

Song Lyrics:

NONCHALANCE

Nonchalance, oh Nonchalance

she comes over for a dance

and is hoping for romance

Takes a chance with Nonchalance

 

You sit there unaffected

Drinking beer and disconnected

But it's you she has selected

Your nonchalance she has detected

 

Nonchalance etc

 

She thinks she's made a score

up there on the disco  floor

though you show only nonchalance

for the ants down in her pants

 

Nonchalance etc

 

You sit etc

 

Nonchalance etc

Launch 1406

Song Lyric:

E-TYPE DEE

Simon Dee, Simon Dee

What happened to him?

What happened to he

and his E-Type Jaguar?

 

You put people on the spot

Some thought you too damn hot

Some said big headed you had got

 

Simon Dee etc

 

Yeah some say you went too far

Leaping out your E-Type Jaguar

to do a show that rocked our car

 

Simon Dee etc

 

You put etc

 

Simon Dee etc

Launch 1405

Poem:

WITHNAIL-YET-ME-TOO-

OH-YES

My grey-blue eyes

reflected the sky.

Came the rain-clouds

for Withnail and I.

He'd his pretentions.

What an actor he.

I had my intentions.

Now read my poetry.

Now read my poetry,

yes read my poetry.

Sun shone not again

for Withnail, but for me.

Launch 1404

Song Lyric: 

MEN AND MICE

You could be Speedy Gonzalis

You could be Super Soree

known to us as Mighty Mouse

Hey listen to my story

 

Mice can be heroes if they try

Mice can be heroes and even fly

Mice etc

 

Stand up for your rights

Don't go leave it to others

Where would we all be

if no one really bothered?

 

Mice etc etc

 

You could etc

 

Mice etc etc

 

should be elder woman not elfer Mark!!

Launch 1403

Song Lyric:

COUGAR CANYON

She's a puma in pumps

She's a woman of stealth

and she stalks the boys

'cos they are full of health

They don't seem to complain

though her friends call it filth

 

No she's never turned down

No not by any-a-one

The young men happily lie down

in Cougar Canyon

 

Wow, a puma in pumps

The boys she can out-run

She's the elfer woman

They're the young bits of fun

Don't you tell their girlfriends

they'll be out with a shotgun!!

 

No etc

Rpt. 1st verse

No etc