(The poetic form selected for this week is the madrigal. There is some discussion as to whether Fa la la in a song has furtive insinuating overtones. Apparently the Christmas carol, “Deck the Halls”, had its words cleaned up early nineteenth century!)
Jack was all of seventeen
and Judy much the same.
They went behind the school’s bike shed.
Fa la la la la la la la la!
They kissed each other on the lips
and Judy said I love you.
They kissed again. Jack’s shirt was shed.
Fa la la la la la la la la!
Meanwhile Jane among the bikes
had Andy pledge his love;
that could be us behind the shed.
Fa la la la la la la la la!
A teacher chanced upon the pair,
Jane in Andy’s arms.
At once! At once! Forsake the shed!
Fa la la la la la la la la!
Jane and Andy got detention,
Jack went his merry way.
Judy stayed away from school
for months.
Fa la la la la la la la la!
To hear the poem read aloud click HERE.
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Yup, Jack went his merry way, that’s the way it seems to go.
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Yes – I think that’s true – although memory grows dim with age.
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That does make me think the fool I was at seventeen. I never went near the bike shed. That is an interesting format, and musical. It smacks of illicit polyphonies.
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We rode a horse to school – the school had a horse paddock for everyone’s pony. Then the school committee purchased a bus. But never a bike shed!
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That’s sad. But, man, what a life you’ve had!
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The gass is always greener…
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It is hard to contend that.
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