I hope the year 2023,Had times of joy — and even glee!I wish you all of that, and more!As we embark on ’24!England crowned a brand new King,But COVID kept on with its sting,Some banks took a major hit,But Piggy Banks will never quit!Way too much to bring up here,So this just comes to wish you cheer —I wish you joy and also wealth,And most of all a year of health!With Every Good Wish,Love, Mom/Grandma
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THEY'RE RIOTING IN AFRICA (THE MERRY MINUET)
(Written by Sheldon Harnick)
They're rioting in Africa
They're starving in Spain
There's hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain.
The whole world is festering
With unhappy souls
The French hate the Germans,
The Germans hate the Poles
Italians hate Yugoslavs
South Africans hate the Dutch
And I don't like anybody very much
But we can be grateful
And thankful and proud
That man's been endowed
With a mushroom shaped cloud
And we know for certain
That some happy day
Someone will set the spark off
And we will all be blown away
They're rioting in Africa
There's strife in Iran
What nature doesn't do to us
Will be done by our fellow man.
[Thanks to jbell0743 for correcting these lyrics]
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[Verse:]
We all have been selected from city and from farm
They asked us lots of questions, they jabbed us in the arm
We stood there at attention, our faces turning red
The sergeant looked us over and this is what he said:
[Refrain:]
This is the Army, Mister Jones
No private rooms or telephones
You had your breakfast in bed before
But you won't have it there any more
This is the Army, Mister Green
We like the barracks nice and clean
You had a housemaid to clean your floor
But she won't help you out any more
Do what the buglers command
They're in the Army and not in a band
This is the Army, Mister Brown
You and your baby went to town
She had you worried but this is war
And she won't worry you anymore
[Alternate verse from sheet music:]
A bunch of frightened rookies were list'ning filled with awe
They listened while a sergeant was laying down the law
They stood there at attention, their faces turning red
The sergeant looked them over and this is what he said
While fighting off senility,
To best of my ability,
It may sound like banality,
To say that rationality,
Is something that I seem to lack.
My skull is like an empty sack!
Thoughts follow scattered unknown trails,
Like a train run off the rails!
They wander off to who knows where?
Then pop up sometimes here or there!
An idiot's tale of sound and fury?
The Bard spoke well, so what’s my hurry?
JDL -- April 26, 2023
This is how I often feel as my physical and mental abilities diminish. Everything feels hazardous because forgetting some things is annoying, embarrassing and even dangerous!
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