Why Bully Fairy Tales?
Today’s mad magicians have special wands to change everything
Sending the Queen’s English and common sense into garbage bins
Fling nasty curses and cast spells if you speak of “Sheilas or blokes”
Whatever you do, for goodness sake, don’t laugh, it’s no joke
If you dare challenge or raise so much as a questioning hand
The Wizards and Witches will scar you with the dreaded racist brand
Winnie the Poo is currently in their sights
The Bah-bah black sheep is now coloured orange bright
“Girl and boys,” a well-used salutation, will soon be taboo
“Ladies and gentlemen” is listed too; so what will I call most of you?
It’s “odds on” that Snow-white and her dwarfs will have to go
Painting faces black to honour yesterday’s heroes is a definite no
If common sense is to prevail and what was is still to be
Please tell me what is racist with “drunk as a monkey”
A dumb ox; mad as a cut snake; stubborn as a mule; cunning as a rat
A mad galah; slippery as an eel; sly as a fox; blind as a bat
Imagine a scene from long ago if Thought Police had been around
When bush men yarned at the campfire and such terms did abound
Who are the phantoms driving without lights and changing our life?
Who finances it? And which of our authorities sanctions such strife?
We must find an antidote to rid us of this terrible plague
It’s time for politicians to lead the way and to stop being vague
To regain a way of life and end the thought of throwing in the towel
Before the basxxrds turn us into dingoes and all we can do is howl
George Mansford © may 2018
