IN THE DAYS OF THE LONGBOW
In years now pastIt were law the English
Yeoman
Had to shoot three arrows
On the village green
On a Sunday , or else!
Still the law as far as I know
The longbow a much feared weapon
Of it's time , on the battlefield
Seven arrows in the air with one loaded
Reedy to be let loose
We've moved on since then of course
May be because King Henry the eighth
Band football , as more turned of for a game
Than fore archery practice so leaving old England
Bereft of trained archers should war come was his fear
As stated we moved on
Cant help thinking though if we had longbows
Swords , daggers don't kill , harmless , rather like guns
Would we be like America , be safer on the streets
Back to the good old days of the west
Shoot why bother with questions
Bring back lynching
Public executions , show them on Fox
And at home to kill any one looking suspicious
Looking kind of wrong
Shoot an arrow wave a sword or dagger , stab and slash
So make old England safe if only we demand the right to
Carry our given right to carry a longbow , sword , dagger
As said under ancient statute law
When in anger , in dispute , well a longbow , sword , dagger
Would soon solve all that kind of nonsense
Ken D Williams
The Dyslexic Wordsmith
Poetry by ken d williams
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Written on 2013-01-09 at 17:24
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