Today it is St George's Day,
Our English patron saint
Just who he was, just what he did,
His history's somewhat faint.
Today is Shakespeare's birthday too
Some say we are mistaken
They say his plays and sonnets were
Composed by Francis Bacon.
But what is much more certain though
Today Sir Roger Keyes
Was brave enough in World War One
Zeebrugge mole to seize.
And what can contradict
In nineteen twenty-three
That day a bonny boy arrived
You've guessed it - little ME. By B W Tyas Cooper
Breckland Drive, Heaton?
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