Does Anyone Know?

[JohnQuinn]

Does anyone know the origins of the poem i know as "the pigeon fancier"

 

The boy sat on the garden seat

in most inclement weather.

 

He'd been sitting there for hours and hours

but hadn't seen a feather

 

Then a dot appeared in the sky

it came down like a rocket.

 

His legs, they turned to jelly

as he ran in to clock it.

 

 

I knew i'd get him in this race

for i sent him at his peak.

 

Oh joy Oh bliss Oh blooming heck

its one back from last week!!

 

I've known this since around 1976 but for the life of me i don't remember the author, any takers.

Prize of a latebred off a doo that took a week out of 104mls this year

[alec guinness]

might have been jackie bunchs brother i think he was george from strathaven,he was rather a good pigeon poet and had poems included in john swinburnes column in the 70s. ;)

[bibendium]

and I bet its true, only yesterday we had 1 from training arrive seconds before our race bird

and due to having ETS it was clocked,lol