Romania in Translation comic song 420 by Angela Lansbury

 

Romania in Translation

Romania, Romania, Romania

When was I there? I don't care

I cleary remember

September, or November or December

In Romania they make wine

You willl have a great great time

If you have a young son or daughter

They can drink some pure chilled water

You can eat a chicken leg

Plenty more, no need to beg

Treat yourself to a great treat

Savour gravy and roast meat

Bead pies hides a chicken - whole

Ladle from the casserole

They invented the pastrami

Make sure there's some left for me

Add the dark red or white wine

You will have a great, great time

Other diners they will glance

When I leap to my feet to dance

We go twirling, whirling round

My feet hardly touch the ground

Yes. dark forests look so pretty

But I like the lively city

First eat, drink, then comes after

Lots of smiles and jokes and laughter

First you work, then you play

What a way to end the day

If you have long black hair

We believe you came from there

Years ago, who can say

Go back for a holiday

Buy all drinks when the day ends

Eveyone will be your friend

When you go to Bucharest

This is not a time for rest

Some went biking, we went hiking

Had no cares, hid from the bears

I'm glad we all survived

I am glad we're all alive

Land of Dracula, you know?

That was long, long, long agao

Visitors will glady pay

See the castle, sit in cafes

Champagne in breakfast buffet

Nothing will keep me away

In the evening, a great time

Drinking red Romanian wine

Romania, Romania, Romania

Romania, Romania, Romania.!

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Worse Troubles! comic poem 215 by Angela Lansbury

When the swimming pool water is cold

It's better to remember

Worst troubles at sea

It's colder in snow in December

I look out of my spotted window

And see that it is dismally raining

I could be out there, soaking, hiking

In a pak-a mac, so stop complaining

When you are suffering an itch

Its better to recall

The problems of the very rich

Who fear to lose it all

When your snack's too salty

Or maybe it's too sweet

Give it to the poor insects

The dear things don't care what they eat

Insect in toilet bowl. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

You might have constipation

A dead insect's in the toilet bowl

Flushed, it's half gone

Half''s a bit better than whole

Could it have been a cricket?

At first I thought a gecko

Alive, No, dead. I didn't know

Whatever, friends, it had to go!

When you have lost a loving friend

Think of the good things flippantly said

Just think, would you be happier

If both of you were dead?

If you don't like this poem

I'll put things right somehow

Put you out of your misery

By ending it all (the verse) now.

What good have I done today

To make your day and mine worthwhile?

A waste of time, of yours and mine?

No. It's always worthwhile to smile.

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Life's Rollercoaster

Life's Rollercoaster

by Angela Lansbury

Life is a rollercoaster
Life has its ups and downs
Most of the people you meet have smiles
But a few are bound to have frowns

Life is what you make it
Most are not both deaf and blind
You can see and hear what you want
And choose what you want to find

Some days you are really well
Other days you find you're ill
You've a choice, use your voice
You can wait, or smile, or take a pill

You can try not to get depressed
You can do everything right
You can exercise and get your rest
And wait for day to follow the night

Smile at every child, woman and man
Be remembered as a sunny soul
Always do the best that you can
Forget bad parts and see the good whole

Every day somebody dies
But thousands more march on
Be silent for a moment
Then rejoin the world's wonderful song

You are a pearl in the necklace
You can be a joy in everyone's day
You can inspire them to carry on
To feel you're near when you're far away

Every mother has fears and hopes
For every child, girl or boy
Be the bad things' antidote
And add to the world's bank of joy

See how you can help others
Then you'll forget your pain
While you are busy helping them
You'll find that you're content again

You can be the teacher
The guardian angel on the shoulder
You can be the preacher
To make the timid feel bolder

You're only here for a short while
When you reach your December
Be the one who raises a smile
Who everyone loves to remember.

The roller coaster goes up and down
Please support your friends
Be the one to help them
And laugh with them 'til the triumph end.

-ends-

Photo credit
Article on rollercoaster in wikipedia. Photo author Mttbme.

Parody of Twelve Days of Christmas by Angela Lansbury

Affordable, Modern Twelve days of Christmas Parody by Angela Lansbury On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me 12 Christmas crackers Eleven pictures showing Ten mince pies heating Nine fruits a stewing Eight cups of coffee Seven stollen slices Six little pancakes Five doughnut rings Four Christmas puds Three French wines Two hard boiled eggs Toast and honey for tea with me. Copyright Angela Lansbury December 22nd 2016 Author's note: My draft version included: Ten squirrels leaping Nine couples dancing Six big hard boiled eggs Five pretty rings Four singing birds I just thought For an audience which is not English, change it to Four steaming puds (or puddings) Alternative Lines 6 Six eggs for omelettes or six little crumpets 3 I had three French songs instead of French hens 2 Two ringing bells I changed to two honey jars Last ! tried to end with the last line reading: a turkey and a plum tree and plums for tea I tried a Christmas tree a cup of tea some Yorkshire tea Xmas Cake And a Christmas cake just for me And Christmas cake for our tea And Christmas cake to share with me Xmas Trees Or Secular Trees For Atheists? And a Christmas tree? And a tall spruce tree (More secular - but since Christmas in the title?) How about an atheist's Christmas? On the twelfth Day of December my lover/husband/ best friend/ an atheist (the rhyme to fit the music and copy the original wording in a familiar way has to stay as 'my' plus two syllables The original Twelve Days of Christmas carol On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me A pink synthetic tree. Happy Christmas to everyone Angela Lansbury PS I typed this out as a poem with line breaks. However, the website has deleted the line breaks. I shall have to devise a way of writing the poem in Word or Pages, photographing the page on a mobile phone, copying it into photos on a laptop and loading it up into my blog as a PDF picture. What a palaver! Ah - I see what happened. I can click on Compose or HTML above. I must have clocked on HTML. I now have to learn the HTML code to insert line breaks. Meanwhile ... Every year Grapedeal.com sends out a Christmas song parody using words relating to wine or wine bottles. See grapdedeal.com See my other posts on travel. Follow me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram. See me performing poetry on YouTube. See my comic poetry books on Lulu.com Other books on Amazon. Please share my posts. Thank you.