JAMBOREE
Scouts and Guides from every nation
Meet to have a celebration.
This is called a Jamboree;
A word well-known to you and me.
But when it appeared in 1920
There were question-marks a-plenty!
What on earth was this strange word
One that nobody had heard?
Baden-Powell, the movement's founder,
(Who some consider 'rather a bounder')
Had lived in Africa for years,
Learning Swahili, it appears.
Jambo's a word that is a greeting;
Africans say it upon meeting.
But we go to another continent
To find out what the 'ee' bit meant.
We learn the Australian Aborigine
Has a good word 'corroboree';
This means a gathering of folks,
To drink and laugh and tell old jokes.
Put together the two words say
'Hallo-Meeting' in a sort of way.
All very suitable, you see,
For a Boy Scout Jamboree.
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(Who some consider 'rather a bounder')
Had lived in Africa for years,
Learning Swahili, it appears.
Jambo's a word that is a greeting;
Africans say it upon meeting.
But we go to another continent
To find out what the 'ee' bit meant.
We learn the Australian Aborigine
Has a good word 'corroboree';
This means a gathering of folks,
To drink and laugh and tell old jokes.
Put together the two words say
'Hallo-Meeting' in a sort of way.
All very suitable, you see,
For a Boy Scout Jamboree.
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HANDLE WITH CARE!
Tea-cosies shaped like houses are very often seen.
Handbags shaped like cottages are part of the female scene,
Money-boxes masquerade as homes, down the chimney goes the money,
And ornaments like dwellings can be cute and rather funny.
But a house that's like a basket! That's something rare indeed!
Something that I rather think the world just doesn't need!
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PS
Tea-cosies shaped like houses are very often seen.
Handbags shaped like cottages are part of the female scene,
Money-boxes masquerade as homes, down the chimney goes the money,
And ornaments like dwellings can be cute and rather funny.
But a house that's like a basket! That's something rare indeed!
Something that I rather think the world just doesn't need!
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PS
Once a year our Choir goes into the country to a town called Cessnock where we perform for the elderly patients in the complex. Yesterday was a wonderful Spring day and everything looked very lush and green.
The azaleas were in full bloom.
And we were in full voice!
