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To Wynkie Higginbottom on her 60th Birthday 24th July 1983

A special occasion poem by either Sheila MILLER or Ruairidh GREIG or a collaboration

To Wynkie Higginbottom
On her 60th Birthday
24th July 1983



Attend ye bright muses,
Give ear to my lay
And gather with us
On this glorious day,
To honour our Wynkie
The fair dame of Sandall
To whom, I am sure,
You could not hold a candle.

Now sixty bright Summers
Have passed in a flash;
From Wakefield to Grimsby
You’ve made a quick dash.
Now as I ponder,
I really do think,
We should have remarked
Time’s passed in a wink!

Whether a wink,
Or more in a whirl,
We’re delighted to see you,
Here with our Shirl,
Who’s welcome is famous,
Food simply scrummy.
(Excuse me a moment-
A pain in my tummy).

Illustrious lady,
Adviser supreme,
Of CAB wallahs,
You are the cream.
Whatever the problem,
Domestic or foreign,
Our Wynkie is famous
For “Sticking an Orr in”.

In fact when you find
That the blues you have got ‘em-
Simply apply to
Wynk Higginbottom.
She will endeavour
To answer your calls,
If not flying over Niagara Falls.

For in her honour
They charted a plane
But wanted insurance
To get back again.
They shouldn’t have worried,
With life raft in place,
And two Orrs inside,
You know, just in case.

Well now, ye muses,
If you’ve gone, more’s the pity
You’ve missed the best part
Of this terrible ditty

But now back in England
We’re delighted to meet her
With or without her only son, Peter
Who on vacation from one of the Polys
We hear is a vendor
Of ice cream and lollies.

But really, dear Wynkie,
We just want to say,
Many happy returns
Of this most special day.
Amazing to see,
How the clans still can throng
And I call on them now
To join me in song….

“Happy Birthday to you etc”

(Another special occasion family poem by either Sheila Smith or Ruairidh Greig or a combination of both)

Owner/SourceR.Greig
Date20 Nov 2008
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AlbumsThe Odes

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