MEET UNCLE REG

We used to say
On Christmas day
We’d all be making songs
Or finding other words
And everyone would sing along.

The family’s up
And on the road;
My hair is growing thin;
Too many Christmas times,
Long lost relations with the wind.

Meet Uncle Reg;
We’re gonna meet Uncle Reg;
When the tree is up I’m gonna see all my friends;
Meet Uncle Reg
We’re gonna meet Uncle Reg
Yes, and Auntie Enid; they’ll all come round again

On Christmas Eve
I’m all alone
But that’s the only way to be;
Here’s Nev and Lance again
And God knows who with Auntie Fi.

Meet Uncle Reg
We’re gonna meet Uncle Reg
When the tree is up I’m gonna see all my friends;
Meet Uncle Reg
We’re gonna meet Uncle Reg
Yes, and Auntie Enid; they’ll all come round again

Published in '101 Damnations'

And now one of Mr Barker's serious ones:

THE CHIMES OF FREEDOM

Like a bell in the still of evening,
Sweet and clear as silver moonlight
Falling soft on shining rivers;
“Nevermore!” cry the chimes of freedom.

Nevermore your hoods and shackles,
Nevermore the hand of torture,
Nevermore your one-eyed justice;
Nevermore in the name of freedom.

Nevermore your foul renditions,
Nevermore your bribes and bounties,
Nevermore your secret prisons;
Nevermore in the name of freedom.

One day a world where all are equal;
For all mankind, a common purpose;
Peace and truth and right and justice
Evermore in the name of freedom.

tune: Dod dy law

Published in '101 Damnations'

a cherdd Cymraeg.....

Nid wy’n gofyn bywyd moethus
Aur y byd na’i berlau mân;
' Mhroblem ydy, yn anffodus,
Os dw i'n onest, calon wan.

Calon wan; dw i'n llawn tabledi
Aspirin am byth, di-os;
Mwy ohonyn medrech gredu
Gyda'r dydd a gyda'r nos.

Ni ddymunwn olud bydol,
Caniateir dewis y bydd
Ramipril a Bisoprodol,
Cymerir bythol bob dydd.

Calon wan; dw i'n llawn tabledi
Aspirin am byth, di-os;
Mwy ohonyn medrech gredu
Gyda'r dydd a gyda'r nos.

Glas y bore fel aderyn
Esgyn poen ar draws y wawr;
Pam rhoir imi warfarin,
Peth sy'n lladd y llygod mawr?.

Calon wan; dw i'n llawn tabledi
Aspirin am byth, di-os;
Mwy ohonyn medrech gredu
Gyda'r dydd a gyda'r nos.

Last updated: July 22, 2008