The Lighthouse Keeper (Billy Bennett Poems)
You ask about these wrinkles, These wrinkles I have on my brow,If you'll give me your kind applause, sir, For ...
Billy Bennett Poems (53 Poems)
The Gambler (Billy Bennett Poems)
A gambler born was young BasilHis finances were all of a latherA wayward boy, but his mother's joyAnd likewise, the ...
The Wedding That Never Was (Billy Bennett Poems)
The clock in the steeple struck fourteenThe day that the wedding was fixedThe couple had gone on their honeymoon firstSo ...
The Coffee Stall Keeper (Billy Bennett Poems)
Have I had this coffee shop long, Sir, dishing out coffee and tea?Ever since Big Ben was a wrist watch ...
The Memory Man (Billy Bennett Poems)
I'm Professor McCann; I'm the memory man.I've a memory no-one would suspect.I remember things you've all forgottenAnd remember what I ...
The Huntsman (Billy Bennett Poems)
Give me the life of a huntsman,It wants a lot of beating...I know, I've served my apprenticeshipWith that famous hunter, ...
The Eskimoos (Billy Bennett Poems)
The Great White North is calling- s'hosh! it's got a lot to say- Let us listen while it cracks its ...
The Broadcaster (Billy Bennett Poems)
Hello everybody, hell-frightfully-ho, Just tune your radios all in; I am the gent with the Oxford accentBBC Home Service calling.I'm ...
The Idol’s Tongue (Billy Bennett Poems)
She was only a postman's daughter But oh, how she sorted the male. * * * *There's a little chinese ...
The Tightest Man I Know (Billy Bennett Poems)
The tightest man I know is an Irish Eskimo,He's selling grapes with whiskers on beneath a burning sun.And he's working ...
The Sergeant’s Overcoat (Or The Policeman That Nearly Got Caught) (Billy Bennett Poems)
As the Kaffir is known by his Wig-WamAs a Scotsman is known by his thistleAnd a man from the West ...
The Foreign Legion (Billy Bennett Poems)
I've served in the French Foreign Legion It's Hell! The life couldn't be harder, For it's war to the knife ...
The Fire At The ‘North Pole’ (Billy Bennett Poems)
Now, full of risks is a fireman's lifeThat's why there are not many riskersYou not only have to have nerves ...
Doctor Goosegrease (Billy Bennett Poems)
Everybody knows me, Dr. Goosegrease, M.D. All the best paying patients, I've got 'em. Harley Street's my abode, No. 6 ...
The Sobstuff Sister (Billy Bennett Poems)
Sal was a sobstuff sisterOn the pictures she'd shed tears galoreHer tears fell in torrents, and the band at the ...
The Member of Parliament (Billy Bennett Poems)
I've just been elected to Parliament,At Westminster I'm the big cheese,I'm also a Knight of the Garter, it's right In ...
The Shooting Of Dan McGrew (Billy Bennett Poems)
A bunch of the boys were whooping it upIn the Malamute Saloon; An American guy from Peckham Rye Was playing ...
The Street Of A Thousand Lanterns 1934 (Billy Bennett Poems)
In the street of the thousand lanternsThe East of Limehouse ReachLived a bland Chinee, who loved the seaFor he was ...
The Sailor (Billy Bennett Poems)
They say a man's known by the company he keepsI think that a lie and a scandal'Cos I've mixed with ...
The Wide Open Spaces (Billy Bennett Poems)
You've heard of the Valley of Klondyke, The cruellest and hardest of places,Where all men are moiling and toiling for ...
This Medal (Billy Bennett Poems)
You ask me about this medal,The story to you may sound queer, I'll tell you the tale if you like, ...
Napoleon (Billy Bennett Poems)
Hark to the guns, one a penny, two a penny, hotcross buns,Cannons and shells, Bombardier Wells, Looting and shooting, and ...
The Postman (Billy Bennett Poems)
Three cheers for the postman, the jolly old postman,With letters for Smith, Brown and Kelly, A load in his sack, ...
The Club Raid (Billy Bennett Poems)
I'm a lover of night-life in LondonWhen I start I can go pretty fastI've blotted me copy book I must ...
The Trumpeter (Billy Bennett Poems)
Trumpeter, what are you scrounging now;Is it the call I'm seeking?The dinner smells good, p'rhaps it's suetty pud,Or they're bringing ...
The Bookmaker’s Daughter 1934 (Billy Bennett Poems)
Nell was a bookmaker's daughter;On the day she was born there was trouble: In addition to Nell came a sister ...
Mandalay 1 (Billy Bennett Poems)
By an old whitewashed PagodaLooking Eastwards to the WestThere's a Burma girl, from BermondseySits in a sparrow's nest.She's as pretty ...
A Tale Of The Rockies (Billy Bennett Poems)
Here is a tale of the Rockies,And of Rockies I know quite a few;There's the mint rock, the flint rock, ...
Christmas Day In The Cookhouse (Billy Bennett Poems)
'Twas Christmas Day in the cookhouse And the place was clean and tidy The soldiers were eating their pancakes...I'm a ...
Black And White Cargo (Billy Bennett Poems)
Deep in the heart of the jungle, Close to the white man's grave,Where the goldfish have beards that stick out ...