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The Queen’s Awards


                                                                                                   For services rendered
                                                                                                   And by Royal decree
                                                                                                   Joseph Forsyth – the OAP.
                                                                                                   Obstipation, aches and pains,
                                                                                                   Paramnesia and varicose veins.

                                                                                                   Gone the seven ages
                                                                                                   As Shakespeare did tell,
                                                                                                   Now Youth, Middle-age
                                                                                                   And, “Oh, you do look well.”

                                                                                                   A Freeman of London
                                                                                                   For six hours a day,
                                                                                                   On the Underground and buses
                                                                                                   You don’t have to pay.
                                                                                                   The Freedom of the State
                                                                                                   Goes with the citation –
                                                                                                   Dentures and glasses
                                                                                                   And free medication.
                                                                                                   Half price at the zoo,
                                                                                                   The cinema, too,
                                                                                                   But you still have to pay
                                                                                                   If you go to the loo.










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