Old stones and dreaming
\nby cricketjeff on April 4, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
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Just nineteen hundred years ago the Romans built a wall
\nAnd it is thanks to those same Romans that my city’s here at all
\nAnd the wall they built’s still standing, and I’m sitting on a part
\nWhere I’m dreaming of the Lady who’s the owner of my heart<\/p>\n
There’s a statue of the Roman who had pacified us Brits
\nAfter Boudicca rebelled and burned the citizens to bits
\nLovely flowers and tower views, with tourists in a stream
\nAnd a grassy bank in spring sunshine, where I can sit and dream<\/p>\n
Victorians put up Tower Bridge, and I can see that too
\nIt’s classic shape and Gothic Towers just adding to the view
\nThe River with its busy boats, and bustle all around
\nDo not detract the least bit from tranquillity I’ve found<\/p>\n
So thank-you for the City wall, you Romans long ago
\nIt has given me a pleasure that I’m sure you couldn’t know
\nTwo thousand year old stone work and a lunchtime in the sun
\nMake for happy thoughts in springtime, and an interlude of fun.<\/p>\n
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