Poem by British poet, comedian, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes Ms Pam Ayres, MBE.
Picture: G. Willoughby.
Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth.
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth, And spotted the perils beneath, All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food, Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth.
I wish I’d been that much more willin’, When I had more tooth there than fillin’, To pass up gobstoppers, From respect to me choppers, And to buy something else with me shillin’.
When I think of the lollies I licked, And the liquorice allsorts I picked, Sherbet dabs, big and little, All that hard peanut brittle, My conscience gets horribly pricked.
My Mother, she told me no end, “If you got a tooth, you got a friend” I was young then, and careless, My toothbrush was hairless, I never had much time to spend.
Oh I showed them the toothpaste all right, I flashed it about late at night, But up-and-down brushin’, And pokin’ and fussin’, Didn’t seem worth the time… I could bite!
If I’d known I was paving the way, To cavities, caps and decay, The murder of fillin’s, Injections and drillin’s, I’d have thrown all me sherbet away.
So I lay in the old dentist’s chair, And I gaze up his nose in despair, And his drill it do whine, In these molars of mine, “Two amalgum,” he’ll say, “for in there.”
How I laughed at my Mother’s false teeth, As they foamed in the waters beneath, But now comes the reckonin’ It’s me they are beckonin’ Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth. END
Pre-deceased by his parents Michael and Bridget, son Christopher, sister Kit, brothers Paddy, Tony, Christopher, and Harry; Mr Campbell passed away peacefully, following a short illness, while under the care of staff at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel.
His passing is most deeply regretted by his sons Gerry and Michael, daughters Bridget and Kathleen and their mother Mary, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sister Pattie (Garrett), brothers Tom and Joe, sisters-in-law Maureen and Eileen, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mr Campbell will repose at Hugh Ryan’s Funeral Home, Slievenamon Road, Thurles on Monday afternoon next, October 23rd, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm same evening. His remains will be received into the former Cistercian Abbey Church at Holycross, Thurles on Tuesday morning, October 24th, at 9:45am, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 10:00am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in the adjoining graveyard.
For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mr Campbell, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.
The extended Campbell family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
Vocals: Award winning English singer, songwriter, producer, composer, Eurovision 2022 contestant and social media personality Sam Ryder. Lyrics: Jamie Hartman; Sam Ryder, and Tom Howe.
Fought & Lost.
Congratulations on your jubilation. Our hearts are breaking underneath all the applause. This devastation is of our own making, But we’ve never tasted this much bitterness before, And everybody falls, But some of us are born to fight, and fight, and fight some more, So, we will see you here, Same time, same place, next year, And you may win this battle but you’ll never win the war. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. Go take a bow, Your audience is waiting. We’ll take the shadows since the limelight isn’t ours. We wanted it so bad. Gave it all we had, Oh, but wanting it doesn’t always make it yours. This time was ours to lose, But fortune favours those who ride the storm and make it through. So, we will see you here, Same time, same place, next year, And you can take this battle ’cause we’re gonna win the war. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. So, here on the same ground, When the tables have turned around. Oh, and your tears fall as your world is crashing down. I hope when you see me, You remember that feeling, Oh, ’cause we’ve both seen the world from both sides now, And everybody falls, And life will tear you down to show you what’s worth fighting for. Oh, we will see you here, Same time, same place, next year, And you may win this battle, but you’ll never win the war. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. Better to have fought and lost than never fought at all. END
A man, understood to be aged in his 50s, appeared before Cashel District Court at 4.15pm this afternoon; same charged regarding a series of armed robberies targeting bookmakers, here in Co. Tipperary.
As part of ongoing investigations into these armed robberies, the accused was arrested by detectives from the Clonmel District Crime Unit, following an operation conducted in west Co. Dublin, on Wednesday, October 18th last.
The arrest related to four incidents which took place in September and October, 2023. The ongoing investigations related to robberies at premises in Fethard on September 28th last, Killenaule on October 12th last, Carrick-on-Suir on October 15th last, and an earlier attempted robbery in Clonmel, on October 7th.
Following the arrest of the accused, he was taken to a Garda Station in Co. Tipperary and detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2007.
Lyrics: Alex Raymond Salibian – Harry Edward Styles – Jeffrey Nath Bhasker – Mitchell Kristopher Rowland – Ryan Thomas Nasci – Tyler Sam Johnson.
Vocals: English singer, songwriter, actor and original members of the boy band ‘One Direction‘, Harry Edward Styles.
Sign of the Times
Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. Welcome to the final show. Hope you’re wearing your best clothes. You can’t bribe the door on your way to the sky. You look pretty good down here, but you ain’t really good. If we never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. We gotta get away from here. We gotta get away from here. Just stop your crying it’ll be alright. They told me that the end is near. We gotta get away from here. Just stop your crying, have the time of your life, Breaking through the atmosphere, And things are pretty good from here. Remember everything will be alright. We can meet again somewhere. Somewhere far away from here. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. Just stop your crying, it’s a sign of the times. We gotta get away from here. We gotta get away from here. Stop your crying baby, it’ll be alright. They told me that the end is near. We gotta get away from here. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from, The bullets? The bullets. We never learn, we been here before. Why are we always stuck and running from. The bullets? The bullets. We don’t talk enough, we should open up, Before it’s all too much. Will we ever learn? We’ve been here before, it’s just what we know. Stop your crying, baby, It’s a sign of the times. We gotta get away, We got to get away, We got to get away, We got to get away, We got to get away, We got to, we got to, away, We got to, we got to, away, We got to, we got to, away. END
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