Spike Milligan Away Poems

  • 1.
    What happened to the boy I was?
    Why did he run away?
    And leave me old and thinking, like
    There'd been no yesterday?
    ...
  • 2.
    I'm walking backwards for Christmas,
    Across the Irish Sea,
    I'm walking backwards for Christmas,
    It's the only thing for me.
    ...
  • 3.
    'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
    'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
    'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
    'Yes, I know, I heard you before.
    ...
  • 4.
    Philip Le Barr,
    Was knock down by a car,
    On the road to Mandalay.
    He was knocked down again
    ...
  • 5.
    Go away girl, go away
    and let me pack my dreams
    Now where did I put those yesteryears
    made up with broken seams
    ...
  • 6.
    In the land of the Bumbley Boo
    The People are red white and blue,
    They never blow noses,
    Or ever wear closes,
    ...
  • 7.
    If you're attacked by a Lion
    Find fresh underpants to try on
    Lay on the ground quite still
    Pretend you are very ill
    ...
Total 7 Away Poems by Spike Milligan

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