The Woodford Song

Shamancroc 1949 (Cleethorpes)

January 23 


The Woodford Song Is six days long;
But who the hell is counting?
The punters pay;
The artists play;
The stallies slave away the day.
But any job will do for me,
The Vollies get it all for free.
As each day dawns
The pleasure grows
And where it leads us
No-one knows.
Sitting here, behind the scenes
We have the ones who make the Dreams.
The vollies who make up the crews,
(The ones who, rarely, make the news).
We make things right,
We grind the gears,
We are the lucky
VOLUNTEERS.

Croc ,,,, 2022

About this poem

This is a poem written to acknowledge the contributions made by volunteers to the Woodford Folk Festival. The festival depends on approximately 2400 willing vollies, many of who are returnees.

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Written on December 16, 2022

Submitted by Croc on January 03, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAAABBXCXCXXDDXEBE X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 498
Words 110
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 19, 1

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