Dichtersbankje | Sir Raymond Douglas Davies

Foto: Bert Bevers | Front Nook West Burton

Uit de collectie Bert Bevers 👉 (keuze dichter en gedicht) voorraad Mannen van Bevers: Raymond Douglas Davies 👉

The Village Green Preservation Society

 

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties

 

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do?

 

We are the Draught Beer Preservation Society
God save Mrs. Mopps and good old Mother Riley
We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium
God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them

 

We are the Sherlock Holmes English speaking vernacular
Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty, and Dracula
We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity

 

We are the skyscraper condemnation afiliates
God save Tudor houses, antique tables, and billiards
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do?

 

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties

 

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety
God save the Village Green

 

 

Raymond Douglas Davies

from the album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

 

 

Dichtersbankje | Sir Raymond Douglas Davies

 

Foto: Bert Bevers | Back Nook, West Burton Yorkshire

Uit de collectie Bert Bevers 👉 (keuze dichter en gedicht) voorraad Mannen van Bevers: Raymond Douglas Davies 👉

This is where I belong

 

I can’t think of a place I’d rather be
The whole wide world doesn't mean so much to me
For this is where I belong
This is where I belong

Tell me now if you want me to stay?
It don’t matter ’cause I’d stay here anyway
For this is where I belong
This is where I belong

Well, I ain't gonna wander
Like the boy I used to know
He’s a real unlucky fella
And he’s got no place to go

I won’t search for a house upon a hill
Why should I when I’d only miss you still
For this is where I belong
This is where I belong

This is where I belong

 

 

Raymond Douglas Davies

(flipside Kinks-single Mr. Pleasant)