Page 9 - 1999_The Pied Pipers of Jesmond

“Watts that across the road?” they said,

A short and noisy creature.

And as they pulled up to a stop

They saw a sight to make mouths drop

‘Twas Boothy, worksheets clear in hand,

Was this to be the magic land?

“Get off the bus,” did Boothy cry,

“I’ve worksheets here for you to try,

And mark my words, I want no Cheetham

So listen quick and stop you din

And I’ll thank you not for Budden
in.”

Now look ye at the sign,

The sign to Scho
iesfield,

And I’D’Arcye to note it well

the details it doth yield,
And on thy worksheets Martin
So later ye to me can tell.

Their Heddles shook in disbelief,

They’d Pedder
not try to make us work.
But as turned out, Ha! Ha! ‘twas just a trick

For which each and everyone did fall,

.
A mere attempt to Conn ‘em ell