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'Orace Goes Fishing (the sequel to "Orace's Hair") c1995 Martin Pickering Enjoy! :o)   Our 'Orace was quite keen on fishing Down at the old barge canal He'd sit with his rod, and his mission Was to catch not just one but a sho-al   So he used ten pound line with a sinker Fifteen 'ooks would suffice for a start There he sat with his boots on the clinker And stared till it made his eyes smart   His mam had made real dripping sarnies For his lunch as a real special treat In them days 'twas used to feed armies And greatly cheaper than meat   'Orace ate the good fare over yonder And wrapped the line twice round his shoes To make sure the fish wouldn't wander Then leaned back on the grass for a snooze   Now all would be fine, but for Betty (You remember, his sister who, it's said, Helped hold 'Orace inside the netty While flushing the hair off his head)   She was out with her boyfriend a cruising In a long wooden barge on t' water With a rapturous gaze (quite amusing) At the engagement ring he'd just bought her   To make matters worse they'd been boozing As the barge fast approached the same spot Where 'Orace was comfortably snoozing His bald head looking just like a rock   So Betty and George didn't notice Their conveyance about to be hooked And 'Orace woke up from his slumbers Being towed along by his right foot   His screams brought his sister and boyfriend Running fast to the back of the boat But Betty cried "nay, don't pull him inside We're dry and he's really quite soaked"   Well by this time the village had rumbled That something had happened downstream And they ran and they tripped and they tumbled In their haste to see 'Orace get cleaned   They fetched his Ma out from the wash house His father from down at the pub He wasn't too chuffed to be pulled out From where he was eating his grub   But as always he gave out the orders For cleaning was really his job He made them all stand in a circle Then charged each and every a bob   "Now I'm expert at getting things gleaming" He said to the village as one "Bring buckets of water hot and steaming" But 'Orace had already gone!   Copyright ©2006 SatCure Updated April 14, 2006 This file may be downloaded for private and personal use but NO part of it may be published in any form without the prior permission of the author.