VERSATILE VERSE 3

While I prefer to decorate the house
when I'm looking up ideas I'm quiet as a mouse

I like to be a bit adventurous with colour schemes

I like to be a bit adventurous with colour schemes
I also like wallpaper with various themes

My last house looked like a Safari park

My last house looked like a Safari park
With all wild animals - wot a lark!

Crocs and wildebeest in the Serengeti

Crocs and wildebeest in the Serengeti
When I went there with my friend Betty.

We got chased by lions and hippos too

We got chased by lions and hippos too
We tried to escape, ran to the loo

Lo and behold, they followed us there

Lo and behold, they followed us there
we were so frightened, Oh what a scare!

We climbed out of the window and ran like mad

We climbed out of the window and ran like mad
Right through the desert and into Baghdad.

So we booked into the Hilton hotel

So we booked into the Hilton hotel
the a la carte and their very best Moscatel

I’ve always been partial to nouvelle cuisine

I’ve always been partial to nouvelle cuisine
There's a great new place run by Mr Hussein

A twist in his recipe for Chicken Madras

A twist in his recipe for Chicken Madra
that sounds delicious, please give his address

I'll travel quite far for a really good curry

I'll travel quite far for a really good curry
Mr Hussien's quite busy, so you'd better hurry

Make sure you take a few cool beers with you

Make sure you take a few cool beers with you
and a bottle of wine for the rest of the crew

There's nothing like a meal out with friends

There's nothing like a meal out with friends,
But Boris says this is where it ends.

So roll on next year when the vaccine is here

So roll on next year when the vaccine is here
No point getting sad, or even shedding a tear

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat,
I've bought a frozen chicken and will make do with that.

Some spuds, veg and stuffing, that's dinner sorted

Some spuds, veg and stuffing, that's dinner sorted
And the pudding, although I just bought it

Lots of announcements being made each day

Lots of announcements being made each day
The various scientists are earning their pay

If only someone knew how to rid us of this plague

If only someone knew how to rid us of this plague
They are working on it but it's all a bit vague

Things will get better by this time next year

Things will get better by this time next year
Though goods and services will get quite dear

I'm saving my pennies to have a splash out

I'm saving my pennies to have a splash out
So when we are let out the drinks will be my shout

We'll have community parties with everyone invited

We'll have community parties with everyone invited,
Some who've been helpful will no doubt get knighted

But I don't begrudge them as long as we're free

But I don't begrudge them as long as we're free
Although it still seems further away than any of us can see

I think hibernation is a good idea for now

I think hibernation is a good idea for now
Three cheers for that, but I don't know how.

Shall I curl up in bed, or build a house of straw?

Shall I curl up in bed, or build a house of straw
Other alternatives I’ll need to explore

I’m beginning to feel like a tortoise

I'm beginning to feel like a tortoise
or a parrot chanting the same old chorus

Nothing to talk about but lockdown every day