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Happily Ever Arthur

Mrs. Twaddle

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 I once was Edna Eatwell,
’til I married Reverend Arthur,
now I’m Mrs. Twaddle,
living happily ever after..
All has been so blissful
ever since I changed my name
and moved to Lower Merkin,
at 13 Snodgrass Lane..
Our house is nestled ‘neath big trees
beside the local church..
(you will surely find it
if you do a Goggle search)…

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Some would no doubt be aware,
while others may have heard
of Arthur’s football poetry,
as he spreads the word
about Corinthian-whatchamacallits,
his favourite football team,
who play in chocolate, pink and blue
on Tolworth field of green..
I never can recall their name,
but when I next see Arthur’s brother,
will ask him to jog my memory..
(it’s Corinthian-something or other)…

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 I’m awfully proud of Arthur,
in fact feel like I could burst,
because in football poetry
he is so well versed..
His prose is patriotic too,
for the poems often seem
to include respectful mention
of Victoria, our Queen..
whose health and Empire Arthur toasts
at close of every day..
(I don’t have the heart to tell him
she has long since passed away)…

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Arthur preaches sermons
of a Sunday morn,
about abstinence and chastity
(and frowns when people yawn)..
then after lunch writes some rhyme
while having a quiet drink..
(bet his subject is the team
in chocolate and pink)..
He seems to love this football club
even more than me..
which is perhaps why some folk say
I’m a Corinthian casualty…

© Edna Twaddle (Mrs) 1 April 2007

Notes

I think that my dear husband, the Reverend Arthur Twaddle, is the best poet in the Parish of Lower Merkin (and I may be the second best).. If only I could remember his favourite football team’s name (it’s Corinthian-something or other)… PS. ‘me’ and ‘casualty’ don’t really rhyme….

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/happily-ever-arthur/