Nigel Hallworth

HARD ROCK MINING

Hard rock mining is rather good fun -

It's a lark

There's candles and croust and lots of ….

Dark

You can bare your chest, break rocks with the best

You don't give a toss

Your name is Ross ....

Poldark!

You're young, well-muscled, and lithe,

But small

And you're not much use with a scythe

At all

You’re cutting your hay

In a desultory way

All sunburnt and sweaty and blyth.

You’re not known for your smile

Or your grin

You’re demeanour Is generally

Grim

You're not a ray of sunshine, you’re always worryin'

And it's taking far too long to find

Tin

But - You can bare your chest, break rocks with the best

You don't give a toss

Your name is Ross ....

Poldark!

You can melt a girl's heart

With a glowering look

What a shame it don't work so well on your cook

You ride home by the cliffs, ( in a gallopy rhythm )

Where there's not much greenery

You go that way

Because of the scenery.

If only you knew

That because of the view

There's probably nobody looking at you ...

But - You can bare your chest, break rocks with the best

You don't give a toss

Your name is Ross ....

Poldark!

You're idealistic and brave

So you don't have to shave

A bit like Jeremy Corbyn

You both have to fight

To uphold workers' rights

A subject we all find absorbin’..

So if you could survive

And eventually arrive

In our time - in A.D. 2019. ( twenty-nineteen)

You could sort out Rees-Mogg

Boris J and his dog

And be invited to tea with the queen....