EVEN MORE VERSATILE VERSE !

I'm off for a stroll in the woodland near here
Remembering the old days, and perhaps shed a tear

So many good friends no longer around

I’m off for a stroll in the woodland near here
Where elves and fairies might appear

I’m a believer in all things magical

Moderation with everything, isn't that right?
I’ll stick with a couple of glasses of white

I’m off for a stroll in the woodland near here

She thinks it would be better if the world were all teetotal
She might have a point, but I'll stick to my gin bottle,

Moderation with everything, isn't that right?

She'd sit with a pineapple juice, sipping through a straw
My mother does that while she's laying down the law

She thinks it would be better if the world were all teetotal

I think I’ll have a double gin and tonic
Although my mother announced once that gin was demonic

She’d sit with a pineapple juice, sipping through a straw

With a ice and a sprig of mint, so refreshing
Let's hope it doesn't rain, - so depressing.

I think I'll have a double gin and tonic

I’ll take my own drink of Elderflower Press
I like it with gin and fizzy water I must confess

With a ice and a sprig of mint, so refreshing

We can sit in her garden, two metres apart
We’ll chat and have a blooming good heart to heart

I’ll take my own drink of Elderflower Press

She's fun and chatty and likes a good laugh
I might bake a cake and let her have half

We can sit in her garden, two meters apart

I forgot to buy a new umbrella
so I'll stay at home and ring my friend Arabella

She's fun and chatty and likes a good laugh

I'd like to be home and dry
If not I will wonder why

I forgot to buy a new umbrella

As an optimist I’m expecting lots of sun
But I can see a black cloud and will have to run

I'd like to be home and dry

Two in the rain can be quite romantic
As long as the brolly is truly gigantic

As an optimist I’m expecting lots of sun

I have a very large golf umbrella
big enough for me and also a fella

Two in the rain can be quite romantic

So then we can more safely go shopping
But with all this rain I may get wet - sopping

I have a very large golf umbrella

I think they’ll be rather fetching!
And hopefully won't cause any retching.

So then we can more safely go shopping

I think I’ll make one for all of my friends
Jungle print or unicorns the latest trends

I think they’ll be rather fetching!

I'll spray it with perfume so I'll smell nice
I used some spare fabric so it was cheap at the price

I think I'll make one for all of my friends

I shall still wear a mask for now I think
I'm making myself one in floral pink

I'll spray it with perfume so I smell nice

My first shop will be at the Haberdashery Store
And after that lots of other shops to explore

I shall still wear a mask for now I think

Now we should spend and try and save jobs
Us ladies will manage that without any probs

My first shop will be at the Haberdashery Store

Just trying to earn an honest living
they deliver to our homes, serving and giving

Now we should spend and try and save jobs

Please try to support your local sellers
They're all struggling, these gals and fellas

Just trying to earn an honest living

All of it has become the new normal
Though the rules to follow are still formal

Please try to support your local sellers