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To the Countryside:

Where the hayfields of Radley were mown,

and the orchids and daisies had grown

They dug up the land

Just for Gravel and Sand,

Why couldn't they leave it alone

 

 

To Bob and the Team

As DAVID notes Mallards and Teals

And BASIL snaps all that appeals

Our JO looks for Ratty

and Mole, smart and natty,

Yet the anglers see nothing but EELES

To Common Sense:

So nPower are up to some tricks

for a biodiversity fix,

But its only the cash

That is stopping the ash

Being sensibly made into bricks.

 

To Justice:

Could a bird stop a lake being filled?

Could a bee stop a fish being killed?

Could a little rare moth

Call the infilling off?

If they could, we would all be so thrilled!

   

Now, Eric the Orc said one day

I must get rid of this PFA

I'll give it a shake,

Chuck it in a lake,

and the residents won't have a say!

 

 

He said " I don't care about moles

or the newts or the rare water voles

I hate all this scenery

I just can't stand greenery -

What I really prefer is black holes!"

Well, the residents living in Radley

Took the news of the ash very badly.

But they were not downhearted

A petition they started

And ran round getting signatures madly.

 

 

They then organised a committee

With members so clever and witty

They thought up many ways

RWE NPower to faze

and how to put cash in the kitty.

They said "Let's make hundreds of cakes

to shown RWE NPower we've got what it takes"

They found things to raffle

Held quizzes to baffle

Anything that would rescue the Lakes.

 

They even appeared on the telly

To give their campaign some more welly

They got in the papers

With the Vole cutting capers,

With made Eric shake like a jelly.

RWE NPower their bid then withdrew

While they tried to think up something new

But we'd better watch out

They'll be plotting no doubt

New tactics of which we've no clue.

 

Now Santa's preparing his sleigh

and he'll fly o'er the Lakes any day.

He'll give us a warning

If, on Christmas Morning,

He sees RWENPower up to foul play.

There once was a young man who went fish'n

To catch a large fish he was wish'n

When he got to the Lake

He saw his mistake

Full of fly-ash - nothing was liv'n

A twitcher went down to the Lake

Another silly mistake

With the trees and bushes all gone

He'd not see a bird or hear song.

 

The outcome is sad you'll agree

When we find there is nothing to see

"Hobson's Choice" it is said

Will leave everything dead

There is no end to this rhyme

But we'll see in good time,

If we, like the birds, will be singing.

A Campaigner called Marjorie once said

"A bazaar just fills me with dread

I'll bake lots of cakes

To save Radley's Lakes

But a Dance is a pain in the head!"

 

There once was a chappie called Basil

Who worked himself into a frazzle

With saving the lakes

And all that it takes

He never went out on the razzle.

There was a nice lady called Jo

Who down to the lakes she would go

When a sweet water vole

Popped out of his hole

And bit off a bit of her toe

 

There once was a chappie called Bob

Who found himself out of a job

But he found he could write

And help in the fight

Against Didcot's Mercenary Mob.

   

 

 
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