-- GAWPING AT GEW-GAWS --
This ditty is a direct take from New Lizabethans.
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-- THE CLAVICHORD --
Another little tarradiddle based on a page in New Lizabethans. The kid, Spike, is a picturesque little blighter
who does everything to hide his fondness for his cousin Diana.
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-- TYPE O' PYPE DIRGE --
Ah'm nae scots. An' ah canna speak scottish. An' ah wouldnae know the gaelic frae an onion.
I reckon the scots would probably have me tagged as a scotch wallah after reading this.
But ah reckon it'd go down well, even at the Glasgow Empire, cos it relates to a time when they
didn't so much make bagpipes as catch 'em.
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-- THE MECCANO SET --
Every kid has ambitions that far exceed the scope of their meccano set; Spike is no exception to the rule.
In point of fact, because he is who he is, he's gonna suffer more.
Taken from New Lizabethans III, I suspect the sentiments of this little piece will shivver many a forgotten chord.
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-- THIS IS THE CARD I GAVE TO MY WORKMATES Christmas 2001 --
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-- SPIKE'S PRAYER --
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-- CHRISTMAS CARD APPLET 2003 --
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-- ON THE ENGLISH WHAT IS SPOKEN --
There is nothing unconventional about Spike; nothing earth-shaking about his life or attitudes.
Many would construe him as an anarchistic little sod, but they would be totally wrong: Spike subscribes to nothing.
He's just an unbreakable little blighter and the supreme autocrat of a little country known only to him.
New Lizabethans 2:10 gives chapter and verse on the subject, wheras this, this is just a poetic snapshot of its opening phrases..
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Thats it, folks.
Regards, Sterl'
