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The Liverpool Streaker
By oxy
13 May 2005
Dedicated to the naked statue over the entrance of Lewis's store in liverpool


Long ago in times gone by,
you often heard somebody cry,
"It's the Liverpool Streaker."

They've seen him in the Big house
Lime Street station too
Flashing all the wedding gear
to the folks on platform two,

Some old ladies spotted him
that dirty scandalous bloke,
one of them had a heart attack
the other had a stroke.
(She said it felt cold)

He's been seen in the Empire
down by the stage door,
as he streaked across the stage
the audience shouted "more."

Running naked in Queens Square
all the people stopped and stare,
as they could tell he'd dyed his hair.
That's the Liverpool Streaker.

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Written by spiderbaby49 (137 comments posted) 20th May 2005
Wonderful, and a homage to a very old joke worked in too. Well done. 
 
A few grammatical errors but nothing which can't be sorted out. 
 
 
Long ago in times gone bye,  
(times gone by) 
you often herd someone cry,  
(heard) (and 'somebody' would scan better) 
"It's the Liverpool Streaker." 
 
scandless  
(scandalous) 
 
Wathc your tenses 
 
Most of this is written past tense but you switch to present tense in the last verse. 
 
 
Running naked in Queens Square 
all the people stop and stir,  
as they can tell he's dyed his hair. 
That's the Liverpool Streaker. 
 
(Running naked in Queens Square 
all the people stopped to stare,  
as they could tell he'd dyed his hair. 
That's the Liverpool Streaker.) 
 
Hope this helps. 
 
spidey 
 
 
 

 
 
:)
Thanks spidey
Written by oxy (28 comments posted) 20th May 2005
Thanks for the help, sorry about all mistakes but it's about 38 years since i wrote any English. Love to try though and this site really helps. hope you don't mind me posting.

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