One of my Granddaughters favourite books has a button that you press to play a tune while you sing the words:
Row,row, row the boat,
Gently down the stream,
If you see a crocodile
Don’t forget to scream!
Yesterday I went to look around the farm. As we are on the top of a hill I didn’t expect to see flooding. However we have had almost half our annual rainfall in one month. The land has had as much water as it can take, the ditches are full to overflowing and it has nowhere else to go. Just when farmers needed a good harvest to keep their heads above water! Looking at a small lake I was reminded that there are many many farmers whose fields are completely underwater. So as I waded through the water, knowing there was nothing I could do, I started to sing…
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the ditch,
When you see your flooded fields,
You know life is a bitch!
Wash, wash, wash your boat,
On a bright June day,
There is now a hosepipe ban,
Put that hose away!
‘Always look on the bright side of life,
der dum, der dum, der dum, der dum…’ Eric Idle
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