Introduction
The shopping trolley versus the trolley boy
...who will be victorious?

A LEGEND REVISITED

Copyright; Ian Mackay

There was movement in the carpark, for the word had passed around,
That the trolley from Nambour Woolies had got away;
And had joined the wild street trolleys, it was nowhere to be found,
And all the trolley boys had gathered to the fray.

There was Jason...who had had his start
In the deli...but had been demoted;
And there was Brad...who lived on chips and coke,
And was rather fat...and bloated.

There was Glennie who could push his trolleys
In the longest line of all;
And a new young chap, named Kevin,
Who stood over six feet tall.

Well they scoured the streets of Nambour,
They found two trolleys in the creek;
Fifteen wedged in gutters...and one...
In Franklins...what a cheek!

Then someone brought the dreadful news
That had the trolley boys all bitchin';
Those street trolleys were seen...heading fast...
...Down past the Howard Street Kitchen.

“Ah Rats!” said Brad, “We've lost 'em,
We may's well give up the ghost;
When trolleys head that fast down Howard Street
...They're headed for the Coast.”

But Kevin refused to chuck it in,
(Well it was his very first day);
He threw his cap down on the ground,
And he ran off for the fray.

And the trolley boys, they just watched him,
They stood there still and mute;
Then Brad saw him reach the top of the hill
And yelled “Go f'rit Kevin, you little beaut!”

Now it must be said, that, in Nambour,
........ A trolley's life is poor;
So the dream of every trolley
...Is to escape...to Maroochydore.

Kevin chased those trolleys down the hill,
He was running fast that day;
And at last he overtook them,
Out near the Bruce Highway.

He cut them off and wheeled them round.
And he said, “Now you lot, cut this crap!”
And he lined them up inside each other,
And he took out ....his octopus strap.

And the streets of Nambour all went quiet
As he wheeled those trolleys home;
Their spirits were broken, he'd done that much,
Now never more'd they roam.

Today, Kevin's name's a household word,
It's enshrined in trolley boy lore;
But he no longer walks the streets,
...'Cos he manages the store!

Copyright; Ian Mackay