Versatile Verse 3

If I carryon like this I’ll be overdrawn
But at least I’ll not be feeling forlorn

I’d teach him good manners and enter him for Crufts

I’d teach him good manners and enter him for Crufts
He's very cute and his fur stands up in little tufts.

So I reckon he's a winner, with a rosette or not

So I reckon he’s a winner, with a rosette or not
I’ll buy him a raincoat, with the hood on top.

We’ll walk proudly in the park, with our matching Barbours

Sorry, not and too don’t rhyme.

So I reckon he’s a winner, with a rosette or not,
I’ll buy him a new lead, a collar, raincoat, the lot.

We’ll walk proudly in the park with our matching Barbours

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We'll walk proudly in the park with our matching Barbours
We like a scenic route which takes in harbours

Then it's back home to chill with a glass of something warning

Then it's back home to chill with a glass of something warning
(I imagine you meant warming?)

Then it's back home to chill with a glass of something warming
I begin to feel an appetite forming.

I think I'll heat up some home made soup

I think I’ll heat up some homemade soup
To perk me up, I’m starting to droop

I’m beginning to find this Christmas rather trying

I'm beginning to find this Christmas rather trying
I've become a 'curtain twitcher', although I know that's prying

Everyone else's life seems so much more interesting than mine

Everyone else's life seems so much more interesting than mine
You might think so usually, but not at this time

We're all trapped at home with nothing much to do

We're all trapped at home with nothing much to do
The only trip I’ve made is going to the loo

I’m glad I stocked up with two weeks of food

I’m glad I stocked up with two weeks of food
And a bottle of something to lighten my mood

So eat, drink and be merry, and here's to next year

So eat, drink and be merry, and here's to next year
can't wait for 2021, this year's been a mare

When we've all been vaccinated life will surely change

When we’ve all been vaccinated life will surely change
Confidence will return and there will be holidays to arrange

There will delayed Christmas parties maybe on Easter Day

There will be delayed Christmas parties maybe on Easter Day
When lovely spring weather won’t be so grey

I’ll have to think about a new party frock

I’ll have to think about a new party frock
And lots of music to make the place rock

I shall cook another Christmas dinner

I shall cook another Christmas dinner
There be another turkey so it's bound to be winner

The table will be dressed with candles and flowers

The table will be dressed with candles and flowers
Friends and family, we'll party for hours.

We'll all give thanks that we've survived so far

We’ll all give thanks that we’ve survived so far
There’s no denying Covid 19 has left it’s scar.

Then there’s Brexit, we will be out, we’ll have broken free

Then there's Brexit, we will all be out, we'll have broken free
But I must confess; politics are not for me

I just want to travel the world once more

I just want to travel the world once more
Meanwhile it's just maps over which I pour

My suitcases are getting very dusty

My suitcases are getting very dusty
My foreign language skills so rusty

I’ll definitely need to go on a Spanish refresher

I’ll definitely need to go on a Spanish refresher
After I've cut the corn with my thresher.

I'll definitely need a long break then

I'll definitely need a long break then
But when, oh when,oh when, oh when!
I’ll go the airport, in the car I’ll wait

I'll definitely need a long break then
But when, oh when,oh when, oh when!

I’ll go the airport, in the car I’ll wait