Curtains
Saturday, 14 February 2026
Valentine Boogaloo
Juke Box Kid
Born in December Fifty Five
Bill Hailey Rocking and keeping alive
The sound he started and The Jive
We are the Children of the Blues
Rocking out in Blue Suede Shoes
The Gigs the Dance and Rock and Roll
Along with us to save our souls
Juke box kid born in Fifty Five
Bill Hailey Rocking out and keeping alive
Rock around the clock, the dance and Jive
The best time ever to be alive
Every café on the street invited You
To Put a coin in the slot and Boogie too
The Two eyes coffee bar second to none
Cliff and the shadows singing for fun
Tommy Steele and Joe Brown
Would play all day so come around
Enjoy the fifties, Music and trends
Meet at the Dance along with friends
Juke box kid born in Fifty Five
Bill Hailey Rocking out and keeping alive
Rock around the clock, the dance and Jive
The best time ever to be alive
There aint no one can spoil the fun
The old stay home" Its for the Young
Teenage kicks on a Friday Night
Teddy Boys, Drapes and ready to fight
Its time to jive jive and stay alive
The Blues clubs open " Oh what a dive"
No need to worry or be afraid
At the end of the night look to get laid
Juke box kid born in Fifty Five
Bill Hailey Rocking out and keeping alive
Rock around the clock, the dance and Jive
The best time ever to be alive
The girls are up for the Jive
Rock around the clock till sunrise
Nobody at the bar is waiting to go
Anywhere else so on with the show
The Comets are rocking along with Bill
If you aint dancing?" Your over the Hill"
The Juke box kid has set alight
The Juke box sounds on a Saturday night
Rocking out till Monday Morning
Its red hot and comes with a warning
You have a week to get ready and show
Friday comes Ready, Steady, Go
Juke box kid born in Fifty Five
Bill Hailey Rocking out and keeping alive
Rock around the clock, the dance and Jive
The best time ever to be alive
Ready Steady Go, Ready Steady Go, Ready Teddy Ready, Ready , Ready Teddy Go
Ready steady ready, Ready steady Go
Juke box kid born in Fifty Five
Bill Hailey Rocking out and keeping alive
Rock around the clock, the dance and Jive
The best time ever to be alive
Rock a billy rock a billy rock a billy rock
Rock around the clock yeah!! rock around the clock
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Silent Assassin
It were nineteen thirty when I sat down
In the Casino just outside uptown
The room was full with noise and sound
The night were young" My Table Found"
Players eager to start a game
Hold em poker was the aim
Getting comfy in my seat
I could here another heartbeat
A tall slender Woman with piercing Blue eyes
Silver Grey Hair added to disguise
Striking Lips of Pillar box red
And a Smile to knock any Man Dead
We all stood as she took her seat
Dripping in Jewels looking complete
This cool classy woman was making me
Rethink my aim and strategy
While we played hand after hand
I tried to keep my focus and
Not look to seem a little blush
when she turned me over with a Flush
An expensive night losing our cash
To the striking Beauty " Our hopes were dashed"
We ended up with zero chips
As the Silent Assassin pursed her lips
We all stood as she took her seat
Dripping in Jewels looking complete
This cool classy woman was making me
Rethink my aim and strategy
Laughing as she left the floor
Her proceeds banked, Her balance soars
The moment came when she did smile
The Silent Assassin won with style
The way she sat and held her gaze
Luring all in to the Silent Maze
So if you see her approach your table
Leave the game if you are able
For You will lose more than money
but also your wealth for she loves Honey.
We all stood as she took her seat
Dripping in Jewels looking complete
This cool classy woman was making me
Rethink my aim and strategy
Darting Dynamo
Stepping up to the ockee
its going to be so much fun
This kid is dynamite!!
Even though he is still young
The difference in age
Is on another page
But his pa makes him understand
You gotta stand up like a Man
The best of three will help you see
Keeping up is your best bet
You wont enjoy being beat
But its the best your gonna get
Nearest the Bull will decide the call
For whom is going first
Don't blame me if your nowhere near
Or in fact your even worse
Come on lets Rock!
Around the clock!
"Keep outta the black and in the Red"
Shanghai is up for three in a bed
A double to start may break your heart
So lets get on with the Show
You hit the bull while I hit the ten
How that happened I'll never know
You registered a ton forty
I'm rubbing my chin that's so naughty
Have you been practicing my son
As I reply with a hundred and one
Before I know it the kid gets down
To a double top "not hanging around"
I cant compete stuck on one eight four
He steps up quick to take the floor
His first dart bounces off the wire
He needs to adjust "Just a little Higher"
The second dart does the trick
I'm starting to feel a little sick
Come on lets Rock!
Around the clock!
"Keep outta the black and in the Red"
Shanghai is up for three in a bed
Game on Pa is the shout
I gotta throw better or I'm out
A one two five to start the game
Keeps my eye on the prize with no shame
He steps up and low and behold
A Ton eighty he unfolds
Have I been taken for a hustle
I need to do better and show a little muscle
My first dart is in off the wire
A sixty for sure and I'm on fire
The next one goes into the double
I need the treble or maybe in trouble
It bounced straight out and onto the floor
If the kid beats me "Show me the door"
"He is on it" would you believe?
Another full house One eighty retrieved
My game is done and I'm on the run
I score just a miserly seventy one
A nine dart finish surely not
Come on son "Show me what You Got!"
Hits the sixty then treble nineteen
The double twelve It sounds obscene
Come on lets Rock!
Around the clock!
"Keep outta the black and in the Red"
Shanghai is up for three in a bed
The dart leaves his hand and in a flash
He holds out his paw and takes the cash
I have never seen anything like that
Only ten years old and still a brat.
Five Oh One Five Oh One Five Oh One its so much fun
So much fun yeah so much fun Five Oh One yeah five oh one
Grandpa's Datsun
As a Child I visited my Grandpa
He lived outta town but not too far
And every Sunday when I were young
We talked about cars and his Datsun
One summers day he asked for Me
To help him re-spray the body
I replied I would love to Gramps
As we pushed it up onto the ramps
I suggested to fill the dents
What a good Idea with Fixi Dent?
Probably with plastic Padding
Rub it down while we're chatting
On how to put the engine back
The carburetor and pinion rack
As a Child I visited my Grandpa
He lived outta town but not too far
And every Sunday when I were young
We talked about cars and his Datsun
Oh yes and we could soup it up
With some Oxtail broth from a cup
Or maybe we could chrome the wheels
and connect the wires for tire squeals
Being curious as to what
I asked him why the exhaust was hot
He looked at Me with a frown
Its not hot now "It has cooled down"
As a Child I visited my Grandpa
He lived outta town but not too far
And every Sunday when I were young
We talked about cars and his Datsun
This Motor has not had a run
For ages now Its not been fun
So if we can get on with it
Lets work together within this pit
The car it looked a sorry state
I think it needs a new tail-gate
Grandpa started to work away
It was gonna be a very long day
Such curio's upon his shelf
Lots of tools but no elf
The only help he was gonna get
Would come from me my tears and swet
As a Child I visited my Grandpa
He lived outta town but not too far
And every Sunday when I were young
We talked about cars and his Datsun
We grafted all day into the night
And stopped as soon as we lost the light
There is always next Sunday
Looking forward so I say
Grandpa wait for I'll be back
Leave the car up on the jack
We'll take our time to customize and dream
Your Datsun into Nissan Supreme
Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep I say
Get outta our road" Your in our way"
Vroom Vroom Vroom away
Double Jeopardy
I'm standing here at a quarter past two
Don't ask me why as I haven't a clue
As to why I'm here for who or what
There once was a time when I thought you were hot.
You waltzed off with my best friend
Don't say you didn't and don't pretend
When I next saw you "Your face was red"
Had You just gotten outta his bed?
But not now those days of gold are gone
Ever since you did me wrong
I realize now that's why I'm here
Its coming back so I'll make it clear
I'm rap tap rap tapping on your door
Let me in so I can give you what for
Yeah I'm a rap tap rap tapping on your door
Taking my chance to even the score
"Stop Sending those text and email too"
It's not good for me or good for you
I'm so annoyed so answer the door
Let me in so I can give you what for
Yeah I'm a rap tap rap tapping on your door
Taking my chance to even the score
Shouting the odds through your letter box
Rap tap tapping knock knock knock
So listen up and I'll tell you for free
I'm sick and tired of you avoiding me
If you wont answer I'll use my key
Their bringing back double jeopardy
Yeah their bringing back double jeopardy
Sick and tired of you avoiding me
They tried you once there gonna try you again
For making out you were a friend
Telling me this and telling me that
You turned out to be an alley cat
Not giving a dam about my thoughts
"Not once did you flinch in the divorce court"!!
Why oh why wont you answer my calls
Why oh why am I suffering fools
You took off with the car and the family jewels
So why oh why wont you answer my calls.
I'm rap, tap rap, tapping on your door
Let me in so I can give you what for
Yeah I'm a rap tap rap tapping on your door
Taking my chance to even the score
You and me have got history
You always said "Its meant to be"
But now your of a different mind
It seems to me the hurting kind
I'm learning now and growing up fast
Realizing now that love don't last
So open the door and let me in
So I can end this and begin
to rid my mind of your sin
You never did explain to me
So do it now and set me free
I'm rap, tap rap, tapping on your door
Let me in so I can give you what for
Yeah I'm a rap tap rap tapping on your door
Taking my chance to even the score
I'm bringing back double jeopardy
To save my soul and set me free
I'm rap, tap rap, tapping on your door
Let me in so I can give you what for
Yeah I'm a rap tap rap tapping on your door
Taking my chance to even the score
Monday, 9 February 2026
Two Step Hound
I heard a kind of country sound
It came from " A boy and his Puppy Hound"
I looked all around and followed the sound
To no avail could not be found
Hunting far across the fields
Full of corn "This summers Yield"
But where was the boy and his pup
The Hound was howling and wont shut up
I danced and jigged to check the house
Was it off to the north or maybe south
I looked and listened but didn't find
The songs were loud but outta time
I danced right over to the Chicken Shack
Took a two step forward then one step back
Was I doing the Boot scoot slide
Was I being taken for a ride
Hunting far across the fields
Full of corn "This summers Yield"
But where was the boy and his pup
The Hound was howling and wont shut up
That darned sound seemed to be getting close
The Dog a howlin I heard the most
The young boy playing and keeping time
On a six string guitar that cost a Dime
Hunting far across the fields
Full of corn "This summers Yield"
But where was the boy and his pup
The Hound was howling and wont shut up
Finally the song was loud and proud
Way up in the barn they were found
Sitting on a Fresh rolled hay Bale
Singing Country and sipping ale
The dog played banjo oh so well
Only one string but couldn't tell
They sounded cool but still outta tune
The boy sang soprano
The Dog howled at the Moon
Hunting far across the fields
Full of corn "This summers Yield"
But where was the boy and his pup
The Hound was howling and wont shut up
One step two step three step four
Sang a Song and danced some more
Step To the Left and step to the right
Enjoying the hoe down till late tonight
One step two step three step four
Sang a Song and danced some more
Step To the Left and step to the right
Enjoying the hoe down till late tonight
Yee Ha Yee Ha Yee ha Take your partner by the hand
Yee Ha Yee Ha Yee Ha Play that fiddle with the band