Murray Edmond
Conversation with my uncle
the
last time we spoke about it you told me
how
she had raised the glass high in the air
and
poured the beer all over his head
now
don't try to tell me that wasn't what you said
or
I'm a monkey's uncle
he
brought her a cake he bought her a ring
and
what did she do when she got those things?
she
swallowed the ring and she opened the sash
threw
out the cake and slammed the window crash
or
I'm a monkey's uncle
don't
tell me you were pulling my leg
and
now you've decided to pull the other one
when
he came home drunk on his nose was a peg
she
opened the door and showed him a gun
or
wasn't that how the story went
long
ago and far away is no excuse
now
they're both dead the farm's been sold
he
was a bastard she had a screw loose
or
at least that's the story I was told
by
that magpie in that tree
in
the tree out of the tree who's to say
whether
the story went that or this way
the
good old days are better when they're gone
that's
not a magpie I'm sure you're wrong
that's
a monkey don't you see