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🌟 Max Boyce has written a beautiful poem, in his own inimitable way, about these troubled times called ‘When Just The Tide Went Out'. (which can be sung to the tune of 'Hymns and Arias')
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'When Just The Tide Went Out'
Last night as I lay sleeping When dreams came fast to me I dreamt I saw JERUSALEM Beside a tideless sea And one dream I’ll remember As the stars began to fall Was Banksy painting Alun Wyn On my neighbour’s garage wall And dreams like that sustain me Till these darkest times have past And chase away the shadows No caring night should cast But times like this can shine a light As hardship often can To see the best in people And the good there is in man And I remember Swansea with nobody about When the shops were closed like Sunday And just the tide went out
And I remember Mumbles with the harbour in its keep And the fishing boats at anchor that trawl the waters deep And I heard the seabirds calling As the gulls all wheeled about But all the town was sleeping now And just the tide went out
And when these days are over And memories remain Of children painting Rainbows When the sun shone through the rain And I thought of all the nurses who stretchered all the pain And I hope they never get to see a time like this again And I prayed last week for Boris Who knocked on Heavens door And I thought of voting Tory, which I’ve never done before And though the sun is shining now I’ve no immediate plans So I’ll write a book on ‘Staying In’ and ‘Ways To Wash Your Hands’ And I’ll remember mornings with nobody about When the shops were closed like Sunday And just the tide went out.
Max Boyce MBE
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Max Boyce new poem on 10:59 - Apr 14 with 9553 views
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