When Grandma was
a little girl they
hadn't many toys,
No Barbie dolls, just
whip and top, or marbles
for the boys.
When Grandad was a
youngster, it was
different in those days,
There wasn't 'lectric in
the house, the coal fire
made a blaze.
The oil lamps gave a
gentle light, much
better than a candle;
Clothes were washed in
dolly tubs, and wrung
out through the mangle.
In the forties food was
rationed, it was
wartime, it was hard;
We had no kilos, litres,
things were measured by
the yard.
In the sixties we had
flower power, and then
the baby boom,
The scientists made
rockets, and man went to
the moon.
In the eighties and the
nineties we'd computers,
internet,
And what is still to
follow? there'll be more
new gadgets yet.
It's a different world
we live in now, and lots
of things are better,
But the sun is getting
hotter, and I'm sure the
rain is wetter! |
