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Introduction
Innocence
is one thing children are good at, I remember answering the question by
my mother "What do you want to be when you grow up" I replied "I want to
be an alcoholic"... It was a big word and I thought it was therefore an
important thing to be.... As with all career decisions from any five year
old I moved on.
I
Want A Pet
<CHILD>
Mummy I've decided,
I want to have a pet,
Jessica at schools got one,
The cuddliest I've met.
I dinnae want a guinea pig like her,
a hamster or a cat.
I want a bonnier fluffy thing
To nussle in my lap
Its gotta be so cute
And be there for me to play
We'll run and chase and laugh
Together,
Every single day.
<MOTHER>
Im sorry but a pet,
Well it really is'nae on
They're expensive to look after
And who'd care for it when you'd gone
<CHILD>
But mum, the butcher
He said they were going cheap
He said to me he's got four commin in,
Around Wednesday, next week.
I cannae walk past his window
On ma way to school
And see them hanging lifeless
That butcher he's so cruel.
<MOTHER>
Well you cannae have four cows
You need a field not a house
And four pigs are out of the question
So's four ducks or even grouse
<CHILD>
Is not any of those things
I dinnea care if they die
I dinnea fancy stroking a cow
Or cleaning out a sty
I want a little haggis
With three legs, feather and fur
I want tay tickle it under the chin
And listen to it purr
<MOTHER>
A little haggis, you say
Im sorry but whit a laugh
You cannae own a haggis we girl
Dinnae be so daft
For haggis are a wild beast,
Way big teeth and a temper
It'd bite of your hand and arm
Every time you'd go near tay pet her.
Copyright;
Gordon
Taylor
Email:
gordontaylor01@hotmail.com
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