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