Boatie

MONDAY'S CHILD

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BOATIE

(A verse for children)

Rockabye Boatie, out on the bay;

Before very long we'll be floating away.

As soon as I'm closing my poor tired eyes,

We'll sail off in the moonlight way up in the skies.

Sister Jill will be floating along by my side;

I am sure she'll have Teddie along for the ride.

Brother Bertie will follow; he's later to bed.

He'll have a big ship and the sails will be red!

We'll all wave at Mummy who's still on the land;

We'll all see the hanky she has in her hand.

All night we'll go sailing past planets and stars;

We'll see Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars.

When we open our eyes to another new day

We'll find that we're safely back home in the bay.

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MISSED OPPORTUNITIES!

Some lives touch briefly before they part

But leave a mark upon each heart.

The ways diverge, the paths go on

Before we know it, the meeting's gone.

And yet, in future years we brood,

When we are in nostalgic mood,

On what there might, maybe, have been

Had we stayed longer on the scene

Or followed-up or sent a card,

And we feel life is slightly marred

Because we didn't cling and stay

But waved goodbye and walked away.

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