Eugene Mcguinness

Rings Around Rosa

Eugene Mcguinness


Your little sister's very pretty 
And your dad works up the city 
And it's not the first time 
That a boy like me has rhymed those words 
So I thought I'd run it past you 
There's a Beatles song about this... 
You know what I mean? 
Oh I think that you know what I mean 

So maybe around the breakfast table 
While dad and daughter are rosy and bright 
Paint me in a favourable light 
Tell her I love 
Tell him I fight 

And later on at the bus shelter 
Turn up and pretend you forgot your pass 
Then I shall escort her to class 
Do this dear friend that's all I ask 

Because you owe me one 
And I know the one that I want 

Your little sister's very pretty 
And your dad works up the city 
And it's not the first time 
That a boy like me has rhymed those words 

And you owe me one 
And I know the one that I want 

The gloves are off 
A pound for a pound 
The cubs are lost 
Release the hounds 
Push has come to shove 
And I know it's shite 
Tell her I love 
Tell him I fight