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wraymond

20th May 2019 11:26

Memory Fail

Ever noticed how when you are walking, the tempo of your feet inflicts on the brain similar beats which in turn unearth long forgotten tunes?

Today, on my 3 mile walk for a paper, a flash of a music hall ditty went through my head. Or at least half of a ditty. I wonder if anyone knows the rest, if only to stop its elbows continually nudging my skull:

Don’t jump off the roof Dad,
You’ll make a hole in the yard.
Mother’s just planted petunias
.................................................. .
..................................................
.................................................. .
So don’t jump off the roof Dad
You’ll make a hole in the yard.

It’s the dotted bits that are driving me mad.

clf	20th May 2019 11:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by wraymond (Post 2734885)

Ever noticed how when you are walking, the tempo of your feet inflicts on the brain similar beats which in turn unearth long forgotten tunes?

Today, on my 3 mile walk for a paper, a flash of a music hall ditty went through my head. Or at least half of a ditty. I wonder if anyone knows the rest, if only to stop its elbows continually nudging my skull:

Don’t jump off the roof Dad,

You’ll make a hole in the yard.

Mother’s just planted petunias

.................................................. .

..................................................

.................................................. .

So don’t jump off the roof Dad

You’ll make a hole in the yard.

It’s the dotted bits that are driving me mad.

Google is your friend, type what you know along with the word 'lyrics' and off you go

http://www.monologues.co.uk/Comic_So...f_the_roof.htm

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wraymond

20th May 2019 12:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by clf (Post 2734888)

Google is your friend, type what you know along with the word 'lyrics' and off you go

http://www.monologues.co.uk/Comic_So...f_the_roof.htm

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Thanks Alan, all the right words as well! Puts me in a better mood to read all the bad news in the paper.

wraymond

20th May 2019 12:49

Tommy Cooper sang it but I thought he had revived it from the TV show The Good Old Days (chaired by Leonard Sachs using the most preposterous words). It will now be a struggle to walk to get my paper without getting arrested for breaching the peace by singing it. Unconsciously of course.

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