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I Went To A Marvellous Party…

A piece of doggerel entirely in keeping with Boris Johnson’s apology. Noel Coward deserves better but would approve of the intent.

Jimmy Andrex by Jimmy Andrex
13-01-2022 10:24
in Poetry, Politics
Reading Time: 2 mins read
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“A work event” in progress in the Downing Street Garden. (Picture wikimedia/British Cartoon Prints Collection

“A work event” in progress in the Downing Street Garden. (Picture wikimedia/British Cartoon Prints Collection

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(With apologies to Noel Coward)

I went to a marvellous party

With Carrie and Dilyn in private.

It was in the fresh air

And we went as we were

And stayed as we were:

I deny it.

The staff were all boozing till midnight

Until they were sprawled on the floor

We told all the plebs that they couldn’t

But I just think rules are a bore.

I went to a marvellous party,

Or rather “”a working event”

We all got to do

What was banned by the rules,

But naysayers are fools

Because rules aren’t for us but for them.

Of course, I never really attended,

Even though all the guests saw me there;

Busy still doing all that I could

With wine and cheese and nibbles.

On a gorgeous evening, such a glorious feeling

To say it never happened as natural as breathing.

I went to a marvellous party

We played the most wonderful game

We denied then condemned it

And then we pretended 

I didn’t know since I’ve no sense of shame.

I went to a marvellous party.

Look away, since there’s no need to worry,

There’s no need to shout

Till the full facts come out

And I very nearly said I was sorry.

 

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Jimmy Andrex

Jimmy Andrex

Jimmy is a Wakefield poet who performs all over the UK. Co-founder of Red Shed Readings, he is a presenter on ELFM’s Love the Words, where he writes and produces the Jimmy Andrex Outside Broadcast, as well as co-curating their Writing on Air Festival. Cartoon by Hamley Jenkins. Follow him on Bluesky

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