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FanAttick 2025-04-05 20:18:57 

There was a children’s poem that was taught in primary schools back in the day…

It started off as follows…..

Goodbye says the swallow,
Tonight I must go
For insects are few, and the chilly winds blow….


I can’t remember the name of the author or the rest of the words…

Does that ring a bell?big grin

 
hubert 2025-04-06 18:17:25 

In reply to FanAttick

Not really.Sounds like it would have been in lowest classes during my
elementary days,but can't say or recall.

 
FanAttick 2025-04-06 19:51:25 

In reply to hubert

Ok..cool breeze big grin

 
jacksprat 2025-04-07 01:40:41 

It is a poem by Enid Blyton

Check Enid Blyton Treasury of Verse

 
FanAttick 2025-04-07 08:27:33 

In reply to jacksprat

Spratty! You’re the Don..thanks my friend…big grinbig grin

 
JayMor 2025-04-08 18:33:25 

In reply to FanAttick

In case you like the illustrative artwork, here is the poem (from FB). And for those who don't do FB, I transcribe the text below.

The Goodbye Song by Enid Blyton
********************************

"Goodbye!" say the swallows, "tonight we must go,
For insects are few, and the chilly winds blow!"
"Goodbye!" says the toad, as he crawls off alone,
"I've found a good sleeping place under a stone!"

"Goodbye!" says the snake, "I am going to creep
In this old hollow tree, I shall soon be asleep!"
"Goodbye!" says the hedgehog, "you'll see me no more,
In the ditch I shall doze and perhaps I shall snore!"

"Goodbye!" says the frog, "to the pond I shall leap,
And tuck myself in the mud for a sleep!"
"Goodbye, all you creatures, sleep winter away,
And come back with joy on a sunny spring day!"

BTW, me bex wid yuh. Chester beat StETHS again in the finals of the Headley Cup. Was close, but no cigars.

--Æ.

 
carl0002 2025-04-08 18:55:10 

Can we ask what kind of mischief u up to with that poembig grin

 
FanAttick 2025-04-08 21:10:03 

In reply to JayMor

Magnificent…JayMor….I’ve been searching for that poem for decades!big grin
Re: Chester vs Steths in the Headley Cup..once is a fluke..twice is a pattern big grin

In reply to carl0002

I’ve started writing my memoir…just filling in some blanksbig grin