Versatile Verse 3

Gertie says she’d like to go on the London Eye
And taste a real east-end jellied eel pie.

So have some gaviscon at the ready

Best stay overnight so the wine with dine can flow
A penthouse suite overlooking the Thames below

Gertie says she’d like to go on the London Eye

They're dining at the Ritz today
I hope they enjoy it; there'll be a big bill to pay

Best stay overnight so the wine with dine can flow

Swanning around like Burlington Bertie
Up the street to meet gorgeous Gertie

They're dining at the Ritz today

My sleigh needs a new set of rolled gold bells
And we’ll look like a couple of swells

Swanning around like Burlington Bertie

We have to get around the world and keep the magic going
We'll have to do a bit of to-ing and fro-ing

My sleigh needs a new set of rolled gold bells

Disappointing kiddies is not fair on Christmas Day
So we will have to do our bit, we all have parts to play

We have to get around the world and keep the magic going

He's decided to hand in his notice
Santa says no way

Disappointing kiddies is not fair on Christmas Day!

Blitzen's really fed up, the workload's getting worse
He's sprained his foot, he's uttered a curse.

He's decided to hand in his notice

Santa has caught shingles, Mrs Claus is feeling the strain
Rudolf has a sore throat, Prancer's got a pain

Blitzen's really fed up, the workload's getting worse

They are all key workers and cannot take time off
They take cold liver oil to ward off colds or cough

Santa has caught shingles, Mrs Claus is feeling the strain,

Santa's in a pickle, he's furloughed all his elves
I can't think why as everything is already on his shelves

They are all key workers and cannot take time off

Santa's in a pickle, he's furloughed all his elves
They're all back home in Iceland, sitting on the shelves

So how's he going to manage, just Mrs.Claus and him?

Sorry forgot to start a new one!

Santa's in a pickle, he's furloughed all his elves

On life again we'll make a start
I'll book a cruise, pack my case and depart
A Scandinavian one to wonders at fjords
Or perhaps on my budget, the Norfolk Broads

On life again we’ll make a start
I’ll book a cruise, pack my case and depart

A Scandinavian one to wonder at the fjords

So positive thoughts and positive dreams
Cups of tea and custard creams
We won't have to sit eight feet apart
On life again we'll make a start

So positive thoughts and positive dreams
Cups of tea and custard creams

We won't have to sit eight feet apart

We'll start looking forward to weather more fair
Hoping for plenty we all can share.

So positive thoughts and positive dreams

But it is too true so we must carry on
This terrible 12 months will shortly be gone

We'll start looking forward to weather more fair

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Sometimes I think we're all paranoid
Though problems in life we all try to avoid

But those problems this year have been quite off the scale

I'd love to wake up and find it was nowt but a nightmare
Thankfully at least this situation is rare

But it is too true so we must just carry on

Sometimes I think we’re all paranoid
Life as we knew it is all but destroyed

I‘d love to wake up and find it was nowt but a nightmare

Sometimes I think we’re all paranoid
Boldly marching into a void

Lord only knows how this will finish