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Friday, 27th November 2009, 06:20 AM
My Stuffed Teddy - Old Ted
Down a winding cobbled lane
In a quiet country town
In a little junk shop window
Sits a teddy with a frown
He is very old and ragged
And he is falling all apart
He’s so very sad and lonely
That it breaks his teddy’s heart
He wasn’t always like this
He use to be quite smart
Once he was a new bear
Held close to someone’s heart
His fur was thick and curly
His arms and legs were strong
His glass eyes shone so brightly
In the years when he was young
He thinks about the life he’s had
While he sits there all day long
It was mainly good and a little bad
But he always did belong
One night while on a ship at sea
He was woken suddenly
And put into a lifeboat
On a night of tragedy
He fought a war in a tiger moth
Flying high up in the sky
He spent some time in hospital
Where a nurse fixed up his eye
He went back home to England
He had parties to attend
He never ventured far away
From his lifelong friend
When many nights of darkness fell
And the bombs came raining down
He was taken to a safer place
Underneath the ground
They laughed and sang and had some fun
To keep up the spirits of everyone
After many years of love and hugs
And being taken everywhere
He was left one day on a ferry boat
That left him in despair
He sat up in the window
With the captain every day
As all the big ships came to port
While he crossed the bay each way
His owners never claimed him
Which made him feel quite sad
So he went home with the captain
Then he didn’t feel so bad
He stayed for many years
Until the captain passed away
When he cried his teddy tears
He was all alone again
Someone packed him in a big brown box
And put him in a truck
He was taken to the junk yard shop
And that’s where he’s been stuck
So if you’re passing by one day
Please take him to your home
He looks old, worn and tattered
And he doesn’t like to be alone
by Irene Wallace
Down a winding cobbled lane
In a quiet country town
In a little junk shop window
Sits a teddy with a frown
He is very old and ragged
And he is falling all apart
He’s so very sad and lonely
That it breaks his teddy’s heart
He wasn’t always like this
He use to be quite smart
Once he was a new bear
Held close to someone’s heart
His fur was thick and curly
His arms and legs were strong
His glass eyes shone so brightly
In the years when he was young
He thinks about the life he’s had
While he sits there all day long
It was mainly good and a little bad
But he always did belong
One night while on a ship at sea
He was woken suddenly
And put into a lifeboat
On a night of tragedy
He fought a war in a tiger moth
Flying high up in the sky
He spent some time in hospital
Where a nurse fixed up his eye
He went back home to England
He had parties to attend
He never ventured far away
From his lifelong friend
When many nights of darkness fell
And the bombs came raining down
He was taken to a safer place
Underneath the ground
They laughed and sang and had some fun
To keep up the spirits of everyone
After many years of love and hugs
And being taken everywhere
He was left one day on a ferry boat
That left him in despair
He sat up in the window
With the captain every day
As all the big ships came to port
While he crossed the bay each way
His owners never claimed him
Which made him feel quite sad
So he went home with the captain
Then he didn’t feel so bad
He stayed for many years
Until the captain passed away
When he cried his teddy tears
He was all alone again
Someone packed him in a big brown box
And put him in a truck
He was taken to the junk yard shop
And that’s where he’s been stuck
So if you’re passing by one day
Please take him to your home
He looks old, worn and tattered
And he doesn’t like to be alone
by Irene Wallace