A Man Quite Ordinary

from Births, Deaths and Marriages by Heist

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Bad King John ruled on a whim, well he was just a man
quite ordinary. And England's woes flowed not from him,
but from the sceptre that he carried.
For every grand old duke of yore
there are ten thousand tired soldiers, and 'dirty
people of no name' who carry them upon their shoulders

Ours is the brisk October breeze that wakes us from
a summer slumber, to fill the shops and football grounds
in unvainquishable number. Our's is the trusty '3-for-2'
their's the power and the glory. Our's is just
to carry on, that is the never-ending story.

Headmistresses and shopkeepers, air-raid wardens,
homesick sailors accountants and solicitors, nurses,
janitors and gaolers. In the hour of great need
it was they who moved the mountain
not a prophet, priest or anyone
that the holy books recounted.

Good Queen Bess was strong indeed but not the equal
of her daughters who stack the supermarket shelves
and bring home the bacon -- as they taught us.
And in the hour of great need
it is they who move the mountain
though they are lost to history
as the history books recount it.

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from Births, Deaths and Marriages, released October 29, 2022

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