Fluctuations

When Smith Road Chippy shut down the builders got to grips

And they soon ripped out the counter and the fryer for the chips

They filled a skip so quickly; they didn’t have a care

And before too long the job was done, the shop completely bare

Some Asian chaps appeared next day to build a new Chinese

And Markwright kept an eye on them while he was cutting keys

These Chinamen were workers, and boy they really hurried

And Markwright had inkling that his cat would soon get curried

They couldn’t speaky English but their work was right on course

And he worried that they’d like his cat with sweet and sour sauce

Then one day while mixing plaster they incurred old Markwright’s wrath

 When the Chinese Boss was summoned he told Markwright to Fluck Off!

That really got his back up so he declared a war

And he plotted and connived against the Chinese shop next door

He consulted his solicitor and sent for the police

He boldly pulled out all the stops to frustrate the Chinese

They started on a lean-to at the back of Markwright’s shop

So he shouted from his window “That Fluckers got to stop!”

“You can’t erect a lean-to and obstruct my right of way”

“I’ve been on to the council and they’re coming out today!”

The Chinkies dropped their shovels and they flucked off in their van

And Markwright had a visit from a council planning man

They suspect that the lean-to was really living quarters

For an average Chinese family with thirteen sons and daughters

So Markwright beat the Chinese, and things are going fine

And he drives down to the main road when he wants a sixty-nine

And Vanessa is so proud of him; she thinks he’s really brill

“This is Paul Carey, for News at Ten, Markwright One—China Nil!

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