i heard a robin singing on my fence today
  listened to his song as he sang away
then another came along.  sang in harmony
now i had two robins singing just for me

such a lovely song with a lovely melody
made me feel so calm made me feel so free
when they finished singing  in to the sky they flew
side by side together in the sky so blue

i wont forget that day when the robins sang to me
there lovely robin song in perfect harmony
in my mind for ever there song will always stay
a memory i will cherish for ever and a day

when life gets you down and seems such a mess
feel tired all the time causing you distress
feeling that world as gone and passed you bye
eyes they fill with tears as you begin to cry

everything around so empty so bare
feeling all alone like lifes no longer there
you can turn it round find a friend you know
tell them how your feeling let your feelings go

they will sit and listen advise you what to do
give the help you need they are there for you
you must help yourself to make life turn around
there within yourself answers can be found

puppies and christmas they  dont really go
kept for a little while then abandoned in the snow
no where they can go no where they can stay
thoughts of a home now so far away

pups  they are for life not just for a day
something you get rid of when you have had a play
dogs they need security and some loving to
someone they can trust that someone it is you

if you get puppy dont play and give away
keep it for  a  lifetime not just a day
they all need security and some loving to
and in return will give there love to you

theres  a video to this poem
https://youtu.be/-Hblrsx6dw4

when christmas comes around best place you can be
is your home sweet home lights and christmas tree
wrapping up the presents to open christmas day
join in with the children as they begin to play

build a great big snowman  in the christmas snow
watch them as they smile with there hearts a glow
having lots of fun with friends and family
making christmas happy the way that it should be

in your home sweet home with lights and christmas tree
having lots of fun with friends and family
playing in the snow sliding on there sliegh
full of happiness on a christmas day

there are many wonders that make the world go round
all across the universe wonders can be found
lots of waterfalls flowing wild and free
mothers natures art for all the world to see

the beauty of the rockies with its mountains high
standing tall and proud reaching for the sky
pyramids of egypt tombs of kings and queen
a sight to behold a wonder to be seen

the roman colosseum where slaves were forced to fight
fighting with each other to win there freedom right
these are just a few of wonders that are there
all across the universe theres wonders everywhere

take look at life take a look at you
think of all the the things you would like to do
think about your dreams  make them all come true
you can make it happen if you want them to

it is up to you to make life go your away
take life nice and  easy take it day by day
aim for all your goals make them all complete
then the world is yours waiting at your feet

all it takes is your belief and believe in you
that is all you need to make your dreams come true
all the things you want.this you will achieve
all it take is you and in yourself believe

6 years tody since the angels came for you
took you to there home in the sky so blue
miss you everyday wishing you were  here with me
i know you are safe now and will always be

im always thinking of you all the things we did
all the fun we had we were just a kid
each day i look back inside my memory
see the loving brother that meant so much to me

we will meet again in your home up in the sky
with mum and all the family together we can fly
united once again how it used to be
when you were here on earth when there was you and me

love you so much *** Sue

money can buy many things but it cant by love
its a special gift from heaven up above
something that is special there inside of you
something that share something that is true

you can never buy it no matter how you try
it doesent have a price tag something you cant buy
you can only share it when comes to you
love it cant be bought no matter what you do.

a bird sat in my garden he looked such a mess
sitting there so still he was in distress
then i saw a cat who quickly runaway
he must have chased the bird to catch it for his prey.

i took the bird inside and fed him with some seed
he looked very scared very scared indeed
i put out the light and left him over night
hoping in the morning he would be alright.

he was feeling better. he was bright once more
so i let him go and opened up the door
he flew into the air and waved to say goodbye
went back to his freedom in the bright blue sky

when you are a loner the worlds a bitter place
with a life of lonlieness the world is hard to face
you live in the shadows of a darkened mind
reality of life you have left behind.

nothing seems the same as the world outside
deep in to depression you begin to slide
lock yourself away in your lonely space
life when your a loner is such a lonely place

everyone  has dignity everyone has pride
something we are born something deep inside
it helps us everyday in everything we do
pride within our self that helps to pull us through

dignity we hold there within our soul
that makes us feel so proud and make us feel so whole
no matter who you are no matter what you do
dignity and pride are there inside of you

theres nothing quite like nature to help the day along
listening to the birds as they sing there morning song
singing  all together in perfect harmony
mother natures children singing  wild and free.

all the many flowers bluebell crocus to
daffodil and snowdrops these are just a few
rabbits running round in the morning sun
playing rabbit games having so much fun

there are lots of creatures there for us to view
hedgehogs and the badger  and the weasel to
the wonder  that is nature for every you and me
there in all its glory for all us to see

as we go through life we face different things
many different times what ever life it brings
what lies around the corner we just never know
we just carry on just go with the flow

there are many roads that we have to take
finding out the right one.  is a decision we must make
theres a different corner on each and every bend
we must keep on going till we find the end

these are things  in life that we all go through
each and race each every me and you
thats the way it is and will aways  be
what ever lies ahead  we must and see.

love it is a nature inside of everyone
there inside your heart it helps love carry on
it makes two hearts unite as love begins to flow
getting even stonger as love begins to grow

in your heart for ever love will always stay
never ever die or ever fade away
there to last a lifetime for eternity
inside your heart for ever love will always be

lets say a great big thankyou for the tractor run
furness and district drivers that gave us so much fun
lighting up the night with there lights a glow
raising money for there charity with there christmas show

devoting all there time that they give free
putting on a show for everyone to see
raising lots of funds helping charities survive
donations that are given  could keep someone alive

lets thank the tractor drivers for all that they have done
money that they raised  for giving us some fun
giving us there time donating it for free
giving there support for there charity

i miss you everyday has i look up to you
to your home in heaven in the sky so blue
thinking of you always how it used to be
love we shared together when there was you and me

i know you are safe now no more pain to bare
now at last your free with angels every where
high up in the sky in heaven up above
safe for evermore with lots of angel love

we will meet again when the angels come for me
together once again you and i will be
side by side together sharing love once more
around the realms of heaven we will gently soar

i think my floors uneven when ever i get weighed
when i move the scales another pound is made
over by the door the pound is there no more
hope it isnt me that its just the floor

so if i over eat best thing i can do
get weighed by the door lose pound or two
i wont need to diet  pounds will be no more
best thing i can do is get weighed by the door

not to long to go christmas nearly there
time for happiness time for love and care
think about aged living on there own
at this time of year living all alone

all the homeless people with no where to go
sleeping in doorway in the rain and snow
mile away from home where they used to stay
christmas  to the homeless seems so far away

say a little prayer to show them that you care
to the aged and homeless each and everywhere

santa wasnt well he couldnt ride is sliegh
mrs santa said dont worry it will be ok
she wrapped all the presents for all the girls and boys
there were lots of sweet with lots and lots of toys

the reindeers  pulled the sliegh the bells began to ring
to the girls and boy there presents they would bring
each every roof top mrs santa she would stop
down the chimney stack the presents she would drop

children they were happy to see the presents there
lots and lots sweets and smiles were every where
mrs santa headed home her job had now been done
presents were delivered in time for christmas fun

when we pass away we  dont really die
your soul it flies away to heaven in the sky
to start a brand new life safe for ever more
in heaven up above where the angels soar

no more pain or sorrow will you ever see
now you have new a life and forever free
watching over loved ones from heaven in the sky
sending down them your love as they go passing by

oneday they will be with you when there an angel to
in heaven up above in the sky so blue
flying side by side united you will be
safe for evermore and for ever free

dogs dont lose there friendship sometimes humans do
fall out with each other then frienships gone from you
but the friendship of a dog never goes away
it is there for ever every single day

humans are the opposite it sometimes goes away
one minute friendships there then it goes astray
if only we could be like our like furry friend
our friendship it would last and never ever end

when your feeling down and the blues they visit you
look in to your memories of things that you once knew
happy times you loved with friends and family
that always made you smile how it used to be

this will take your blues away  make you smile once more
help you realize life is worthing living for
then when your feeling down all you have to do
is look in to your memories that meant so much to you

love  can be so gentle love it can be nice
it can turn on you be as cold ice
up down and it goes like a yoyo on a string
you never know from day today.  what your love will bring

somedays they are wonderful make you feel secure
next day can be so different makes you feel unsure
love it still goes on with its moods and swings
we just carry on  no matter what it brings

hedgehogs hibernating missing christmas day
curled up  in a  ball as they sleep away
dreaming of the spring to wake up from there sleep
from there winter nest they will gently creep

roaming round the garden for a tasty treat
finding worms and insects they just love to eat
such a  lovely creature that children love to see
mother natures child roaming wild and free

the robin is a messenger so the story goes
wether it is true or not no one really knows
they say it is a loved one come to visit you
is it just a myth or is it really true

there are new beginnings if you seen one in the spring
happiness and joy the robin he will bring
if they fly into your garden good news is on the way
is it really true or something  that people day say

there are many stories of robins that are told
that go way back when,  in the days of old
such a lovely bird  a messenger from above
one that we all know one that we all love

pictures are memories that never fade away
there inside your mind they will always stay
a memorial of things that we used to do
times that i remember when there was  me and you

then the angels came took you away from me
there in my pictures you i will always see
in my heart forever you will always stay
love i hold for you will never fade away

we wait meet again and share the memory
look at all the pictures we have of of you and me
united once again in the sky so blue
once again together sharing love with you

sometimes life is hard good days and the bad
some can make you happy some can make you sad
will it be  a happy day or full, of misery
what life as in store we just never see

there  is know way of knowing what the day will do
or what is round the corner waiting there for you
take as it it comes what ever comes along
face what ever waits stand up and be strong

why does life have heartache why does it bring us pain
why does it have to happen time and time again
never knowing when   it will start and end
when will a broken heart get the time to mend

happens to us all any time or place
sometime in our life  something that we face
we just never know what life has in store
never knowing when it comes knocking on your door.

seasons come seasons go
some bring wind some bring snow
spring is the time when flowers start to grow
ready for the summer for  there flower show

summer brings the sun to the beach we  go
bathe beneath the sun as  it begins to glow
buy your favourite icecream from the icecream man
as the people cue along the icecream van

autumn is the time when trees begin to bare
leaves begin to fall falling everywhere
winter brings the snow children start to play
happy having fun sliding on there sliegh

all a part of nature that makes the world go round
each and every year these seasons can be found

Darragh is in a mood his minds began to blow
creating lots of danger outside people scared to go
creating speedy winds  90 mph and more
bringing down the trees as they begin to soar

knocking out the power no electricty
people using torches so that they can see
maybe Darragh he will change regret what he has done
change the weather round in time for christmas fun

saw you on the dance floor with somebody new
remembering the times when theres was me and you
we would dance the night away to our favourite song
in each others arms when our love was strong

then all it went wrong nothing i could do
said you moving on you found someone new
walked away from me took the love i knew
left me all alone broke my heart in two

now all have i are memories of the days gone by
when we were so in love togther you and i
hoping  maybe one you will come back to me
sharing once again the love that used to be

left the place i love in nashville tennesee
the roots of my life home sweet home to me
i was only young at the age of seventeen
life it took me places i have never been

travelled here and there every different town
from the early morn till the sun went down
life was just a game i just i just played along
everything was fine then it all went wrong

times they got hard excitement it had gone
it was time for me time for moving on
back to my roots in memphis tennessee
place i was raised that means  much to me

back to all my friends and my family
back to my roots in memphis tennesee
to my home sweet home where i was before
in nashville tennesee to my roots once more

doves are very  lovely birds and there very caring
there heart is full of love that they all like sharing
there a symbol of peace for the whole world through
bringing peace on earth to every me and you

a very gentle  bird with lots of love to share
in the hearts of doves love is always there
they are very special and will always be
always very caring and give there love for free

i saw a robin in my garden he wore a santa hat
sang his christmas song on the fence where he was sat
singing in the snow his lovely melody
such a christmas feeling the robin brought to me

took my heart away as he began to croon
every note in key every note in tune]
with his bright red breast that glistened in the snow
i sat there and listened to his christmas show

i wont forget the robin and the song he sang to me
it will stay for every as my christmas memory

i had a dream of santa on a christmas day
with a sack of presents mounted on his sliegh
delivering the presents for all the girls and boys
lots and lots of sweets lots and lots of toys

riding through the snow pure and so white
through the wind and rain on christmas night
delivering the presents in time for christmas day
to all the girls and boys many miles away

santa bought a tractor to do a christmas run
meet up with trev and gill have some christmas fun
hadley he was there he loved tractors to
loved to do the run raise a bob or two

do it every year for there charity
donating there time that they give for free
this time santas with them joining in the run
raising money for there charity having christmas fun

christmas time is here snow falling all around
a carpet of white covering the ground
with a christmas feeling that you feel inside
when christmas comes around from it you cant hide

a choir of singers  singing in the snow
your favourite christmas songs ones that we all know
children building snow men playing on the sliegh
knowing that there presents are not far away

time for peace on earth if only for a while
time for happiness that make the whole world smile
lots of happy children a happy as can be
makes christmas all worth while way that it should be

sing a song for christmas sing it loud and clear
let the church bells ring so everyone can hear
wrap up all the presents for friends and family
switch on all the lights  on the christmas tree

time for happiness build snowmen in the snow
christmas time is here time for hearts to glow
sing a christmas song sing it loud and  clear
sing it to the world christmas time is here

time for peace on earth for the whole world through
time for happiness for every me and you
sing a christmas song that all the world can hear
in perfect harmony sing it loud and clear

i remember my dog that meant so much to me
always gave me love and her loyalty
right there by my side she was always there
each and everyday give me love and care

loved to go out walking in the summer sun
run along the beach happy having fun
when ever i was down she would comfort me
look into my eyes place her head upon my knee

when she passed away it tore that heart in me
i had lost my best friend best there will ever be
i will keep the memories to look  back upon
keep her in my heart even though shes gone

a poem for my friend who lost her dog
she loved very much

joey was a disabled boy who relied on his wheel chair
to get around.  oneday  his wheelchair broke down
and he began to cry  now he couldnt get around
his mum gave him a cuddle then took the chair to be fixed

when she got there  she asked for a replacement
till they fixed the chair. the man in the garage
said the only one we have is an old one
covered in dust in the corner
she took the chair home till the other  one was fixed

joey began to dust the chair in his bedroom. when something magical happened.
the chair it came to life took him on a journey to a park
where disabled kids could play in a magic land so very far away
there were roundabouts. slides and a lot of swings
that disabled kids could play on and lots of different things

he was very happy the wheelchair had made his day
took him to a land  where disabled kids could play
the wheelchair took joey home no one ever knew
about the magic powers and things the chair could do

when joeys chair was fixed his mum she took it home
put the old chair back in his corner.  to gather dust once more
she thanked the man for fixing the chair.  joey could now get
around again.

hoping maybe oneday the magic chair will be used again
to help other disabled kids with its magic powers
take them to the park for disabled children
where they can have lots of fun just like other kids

this story was published by the bbc in the seventies
it had illustrations  to which were lost
it also had a cassette tape recording
was my first published work

mamma love to sing she would play guitar
write a song or two one day be a star
she would play in bars earn a buck or to
hoping may be oneday her dreams would all come true

singing on the tv and the radio
be a singing star that everyone would know
travelling the world me there by her side
when i hear my mama sing she fills my heart with pride

oneday when im older  learn to play guitar
follow mammas footsteps maybe a star
sing my mammas  songs write one with her to
then just like mamma hope my dreams come tue

love it feels like paradise when it comes to you
filled with lots of feelings that you never knew
melts your heart away gets stronger everyday
takes you to paradise a million miles away

bonded heart and soul  for your whole through
growing even stronger your paradise come true
each and every day for  eternity
in love for evermore two hearts will always be

when your feeling down sing a happy song
sing it loud and clear as you sing along
change your feelings round to what they were before
sing a happy song  bring happiness once more

sing a song you like that means a lot to you
make it a happy one take away the blue
then you can smile again as you sing your song
filled with happiness as you sing a long

merry christmas to the world to each and every race
time for peace on earth in each and place
let the world unite live in perfect harmony
celebrate together way that it should be

light the christmas tree hang the mistletoe
put the music on let the music flow
party time is here time for christmas fun
let us all unite lets celebrate as one

let the world unite for all the human race
christmas is for everyone each and place
let the music play time for christmas fun
time for peace on earth now christmas has begun

should we have the right to die.  let our suffering cease
allow assisted dying so we can die in peace
the agony and pain we suffer.  everyday single day
with assisted dying we could take it all away

they should pass the bill  when lifes gets hard to bare
and your choice to die will be always there
then we can end our life do it legally
from our pain and suffering at last we will be free

there was  little cow he was black and white
and he used to sleep walk whenever it was night
he wandered all around walking in his sleep
all around the meadow then in among the sheep
he wandered through the dale and all along the glen
then he would turn around and walk back home again
back in to his bed the little cow would creep
the he would settle down and fall back fast asleep

just a child in a manger who made history
if wasnt for the child christmas would never be
three wise men they took presents.  to where the baby lay
presents for the child on a christmas  day.

when the child had grown a saviour he would be
he would free the world for all humanity
bring them all together to a world they all could face
all across the universe each and every race

thats were christmas came from many years ago
thanks to a saviour  that everyone would know
sleeping in a manger on a bed of hay
the holy child from Bethlehem that gave us christmas day

weathers getting colder snow is on the way
think about the homeless with no place to stay
living in the open snow falling all around
sleeping in a doorway sleeping on the ground

no where to call home friends or family
no presents christmas day or a christmas tree
living in there lonelieness with no home is sight
sleeping in a doorway on a christmas night

theres someone i know thats all my world to me
and for all my life he will always be
matthew is name now a fine young man
i will give him all the love that a mother can

from a baby to adult i sat and watch him grow
and i love him more than he will ever now
makes me feel so proud that he belongs to to me
best son in the world there could ever be

matthew i love you and i always will
till the end time till the world stands still
you make me feel so proud and you belong to me
you are everything that a son should be

a poem for  Carla a family member

heading home to memphis find my roots once more
home sweet home again where i was before
had enough of drifting sofa surfing ways
bars and lots of drinking waking in a haze

head on home again to friends and family
say goodbye to trouble that always followed me
change it all around how it used to be
in my home sweet home in memphis tennesee

settle down for good no longer have to roam
get married raise a family build my self a home
in the place i love that means so much to me
home sweet home once more where i long to be