Egmont Echoes

During August nineteen thirty eight,
the Trampers eat (or is it ate?)
pancakes piled high with Jam!
Did you know that Scotney really can
make pancakes In a primus pan?
But poor old Plato nearly busted
when he ate the famous bread and butter custard,
but Katy Joy and Shirley too,
all excelled at making stew.
while Robertson Star and Eddie Chalk
were "had up" after going a walk,
but Margaret and Helen, so they say,
once said good-night the following day,
and even Mrs. Valentine
thought Chorlton's cooking was quite fine.
while Bradshaw and Oliver morning and nightly,
talked unceasingly of one called Brightly,
but on Sunday Robertson Don
had to put extra trousers on,
and as for Jack Johanneson
well he spent his time romancing.
Joan Maysmoor although not quite so old,
managed to win, some skis of gold
McNaught of course had a magnifying mirror
shaving in which made one queerer and queerer.
Rex Collin, Barney Butchers and Anne Bright
called at Tarzan's look-out one cold night.
Frankie instead of marking papers in red ink
wore shorts of blue but none of pink
and Primrose just above Lunch Rock
tried to suck a frozen acid drop.
Kirk always smiled at us politely
and did he say good morning brightly!

I've written down this little verse
The metre of which gets worse and worse
With some lines short and some lines long
You'll find the information not at all wrong.

—W.M.B.

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