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Gently through this orchard tread

tiptoe with your toasted bread

‘tis not a night for going to bed

gorra lorra wassailing to do instead

And fondly in the darkness feel, the apple spirit, that’s enough

Like Colwall folks, gentil and smart, and some quite rough

Be whole - good health

Cox’s, pile them high in boxes, Pippins, jeans with rippins

Spartan, I’ll take a carton, eat enough Gala, they make you go Lady ga-ga

Early Windsor? Not in my wheelie-binsor, 

Pearman, have no fear, man, of the year to come

Egremont, Lord Lambourne, Bismarck & Blenheim

These are hard to grow, a bit like a potato

Be whole - good health

Our primary school, along Mill Lane

is good for your speling and good for your brain

but the Thai Rama crossing, when wet can be awful

you need wellington boots and fins and a snorkel

Yes to the sheep, yes to the horses, see the cats a’mousing

Oh yes, for our kids it would be nice, to produce some affordable housing

Blasted Covid still is here, we’re distanced and we’re masked

we stand and chat two metres apart, we don’t have to be asked

Hugga, pilates and Scrabble online, walking the countryside calms

the vaccine is coming not a moment too soon, shove some of that in our arms

The Crown Inn is closed, the Legion is rocked

The Chase has gone dark, Colwall Park is all locked

But Morso keeps going, Provisions are star

Post Office, Peter’s, you know who you are

The pharmacy’s amazing, we all owe them a favour

and Sharanjit and Aman have produced little Ava

Europe’s disappearing and that’s quite a pity

Thank you David & Michael & Boris & Priti

Start hoarding the loo roll or hold fast and start diggin’

Thank you ERG and the Great Big Bill Wiggin

We marched down in London, we waved and we sang

Extend the transition, don’t go out with a bang

We Zoomed and we Facebooked, our MPs we beseeched

It’s like Little England is now being impeached

But arriving in Colwall, the words you can’t miss

you’re welcome to Colwall, come and get some of this

And through this orchard tread

Listen, what was it said?

That farmers feel it in their bones

This ancient earth, no TikTok

Twitter, Google, Instagram here

this place called home, long may it bear

such fruit as this

(X3) Be whole - good health