It was a week away from bonfire night, and we hadn't made a 'Guy' <br />Our Bondy it got stolen, it nearly made us cry, <br />We had collected wood and boxes from everywhere around <br />And hid it all in garden sheds, so it could not be found <br /> <br /> <br />Some unscrupulous kid! from up the street, heard about our stash <br />He came at night with a dozen mates, and with our Bondy made a dash <br />We were broken hearted, nothing left ter burn <br />We said revenge is sweet! now its our turn! <br /> <br />We waited in the shadows till their bedroom lights went out <br /> With stealth, we waited, , till no one was about <br />I saw them the next day, i guess it was no surprise <br />Now they felt like we did, they had tears in their eyes <br /> <br />Ah! said! come on Ron! let's call a truce, one bonfire instead of two! <br /> We all collected things ter burn, our friendship then it grew <br /> We made a guy from overalls, an stuffed him with some straw <br />His head was made from stockings, that me sister wore <br /> <br />We took him in a wheelbarrow. an stood outside the bars <br />And shouted 'Penny fer the guy mister' then held out our jars <br />Thats how we bought our firecrackers, cos we had nowt ter spend <br />And the dads who filled our jars up, got ter see em in the end <br /> <br />We built a giant bonfire, our guy was way up high <br />And waited till it got quite dark, as flames lit up the sky <br />We put our roast potatoes, wrapped in silver paper <br />And run around with sparklers, an bangers fer a caper <br /> <br /> We got an old milk bottle, an put inside a rocket <br />And with a box of beehive matches, that me dad kept in his pocket <br />We'd light the blue touch paper, all eyes watched it with glee <br />As it zoomed into the night sky, what a sight ter see <br /> <br />Our mums an dads would be around, nailing a 'Catherine wheel' to the fence <br />We spent all our money on fireworks, a night of consequence<br /><br />Bob Gibson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bonfire-night-3/
