I joined the party at the right time, so it seems,

for even now, Shirley Bassey in an old Hob

Nail boot makes me smile, Glenda Jackson

as black wigged Cleopatra, Michael Parkinson dancing

with Eddie Waring, up and under, a small shilly-shally

to the songs of South Pacific

prove their ain’t nothing like Eric and Ernie

at the very top of their game.

Forgive me Mr. Morecambe, Mister Wise,

for not writing before, been in a nostalgia fog,

but if I could ask

for your autographs now, I still would smile