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No problem I think that was good thinking and I appreciate it
Thank You

That's a relief. I thought later, I should have asked you first if you minded.

Mind? not at all, I love you for it thank you so much
Evelyn

I have sent an email to the school. I hope you don't mind that I have done this.

Perhaps they will think Im a simple old fool ,as I am that wont matter will it, I will give it a try when I get home from France

As Purple suggested, perhaps the local paper can help too :-)

When I get back home I will try and make contact with the school
Thank you for that
Evelyn

LOL its okay Evelyn, I am like a dog with a bone lol.
Tina xxx

Oh Tina dont worry too much about it, leave that to me.
Thank you so much for trying though.
Evelyn

Have not found it.

Have got a Book of Victorian Verse and have quickly run through that, cannot find anything. It got me now, I have spent two hours surfing the net! LOL

Please someone find it soon PMSL

Tina xxx

The teacher wrote it on the blackboard, then recited it to us in a strong Dorset accent.
Oh I do wish we could find it.
Thank you all anyway
Evelyn

This mystery is intriguing me now. I really do hope you find the poem :-) I keep googling and cannot seem to find it.

Was the poem in a poetry book or did your teacher introduce it?

No I have searched the site and cannot find it, shame

I had searched that site but to no avail. Please let us know if you find it in there, Evelyn.

Oh Carol what a lovely site I shall spend many happy hours there,thank you so much for that
Evelyn

You're welcome :-)

I shall keep searching.

googled round & ended up on this site:

http://www.thegypsypoet.co.uk/the_dorset_baird.html

They may know the one you mean if you email them.

Some lovely poems about Dorset

Thank you so much Joy, now I feel about 6 years old, you have brought a tear to my eyes, a joyful one of course.Now I wish I could find the one about Taters and Clouds. It must surely be a Dorset one as it is said with that kind of accent. I learnt it when I attended Holy Trinity School in Weymouth and then I loved it and would recite it at the drop of a hat and it annoys me that I can no longer remember it. I dont have a memory problem in general, just this wretched poem, its driving me mad, I just dont know where else to look.
Kind regards
Evelyn

Ferry Me Across the Water

~Christina Rossetti

"Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."
"If you've a penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."

"I have a penny in my purse,
And my eyes are blue;
So ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."

"Step into my ferry-boat,
Be they black or blue,
And for the penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."




:-)

I am only in touch with 1 school mate and she cant recall the poem at all.
I am 76 now so doubt that I shall ever remember the rest of the words.
There was another poem we used to say that started, Ferry me across the water do boatman do, I have a penny in my purse and my eyes are blue, the rest of that one escapes me.
All part of getting old I guess.
Kind regards
Evelyn