bread and jam poem

[nickymitch]

Does anyone know of a poem with a line saying about "bread and jam for supper" my mother in law in her 60's has fond memories of this poem but cannot remember all of the lines.

[Buenchico]

It might be 'Dream of a Girl who lived at Sevenoaks' by William Brighty Rands. The original is here:
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/rands/31.html

Chris

[Laurinha]

Here's a Scottish Bread and Jam poem for you! Not what yuo were after I know - but I'm sure you'll enjoy. Laurinha x

The Jeely Piece Song
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I am a syscraper wean
I live on the nuneteenth flaer
An' I'm no goin' oot tae play ony maer.
Since we've moved tae oor new hoose
I'm wastin' away
Cos I'm gettin' one less meal every day.

Chorus:
Oh, ye canna throw pieces oot a twenty story flat
seven thoosand hungry weans'll testify tae that
be it butter, cheese or jeely
be the breed plain or pan
the odds against it reachin earth are ninety nine tae wan.

On the first day, my ma threw a slice o' malted broon
It skited oot the windae an' went up instead o' doon
now evert twenty seven oors it comes intae sight
for my piece went intae orbit and became a satelite.

Chorus

On the next day my maw theought she'd try again
This time the piece collided with a fast low flying plane
The pilot scraped it from his goggles and shouted through the intercom
The Clideside Reds have got me wi' a breed an' Jeely bomb.

Chorus

On the third day my ma would have another go
The Salvation Army band was playin' doon below
'Onward Christian Soldiers' was the song they should have played
But the oom-pah man was playin on a piece an' marmalade

Chorus

[nickymitch]

Thanks both of you - "the girl from seven oaks" is the one she was talking about - you've made her very happy she lost her husband last week and it was something very close to her heart - as for the scottish version it's great!! I'm going to print it off and show her I'm sure it's going to make her smile - thanks both of you.