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The Ballad Of Terry And Shirley

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Terry and Shirley were lovers
A long time ago
She was a Nanny and he
Used to work on the roads
Then he got offered a job
In Sierra Leone
Started to wander and sadly
Never came home

She got married divorced
And married again
Maybe she didn’t have
Very good taste
In men
Started working a bar south
Of Birmingham
Better to run a pub than be
Run by a man

Then one day at the
White hall inn
Much to her surprise
He walked in through the
Bar room door
A looked inte her eyes

Terry had been married twice
Had four kids in all
Been from Gambia to Zambia
Zimbabwe to Senegal

Found himself back on the
Roads again
Working in Worcester
Driving a ten ton crane

Then one day at the
White hall inn
Much to her surprise
He walked in through the
Bar room door
A looked inte her eyes

Shirley had slimmed down
To eight from fourteen stone
Hey she lookde so good the
Guys wouldn’t leave her alone
Twice bitten twice shy she’d given
Up romance for good
Then he walked in and
Shirley understood

Then one day at the
White hall inn
Much to her surprise
He walked in through the
Bar room door
A looked inte her eyes

The very next day Terry
Moved into the inn
They’ll Marry next year in
An orgy of whiskey and gin
It shows that love can last
Twenty three years
Lucky she was there when
He stopped for a beer