Where has all the flour gone?

I’m just asking,

Where has all the pasta gone?

I’d like to know.

 

Where has all the flour gone?

Hoarders nabbed it, every one,

I think they’re out of turn,

I think they’re out of turn.

 

Where have all the tomatoes gone?

They need rationing!

Where’s the bags of nice rice gone?

I’d like to know.

 

Where have all the tomatoes gone?

Picked off the shelves, and on the run,

I hope they soon return,

I hope they soon return.

 

Where has all the hand gel gone?

There’s not a smattering,

Where’s the paracetamol,

From the middle row?

 

Where has all the hand gel gone?

It’s not a phenomenon,

Do you think their ears burn?

Do you think their ears burn?

 

Where have all the teabags gone?

In their cellophane wrapping,

Where’s the icing sugar gone,

for my baked gateaux?

 

Where have all the teabags gone?

I’m asking, cos mine are done!

I’m feeling quite concerned.

I’m feeling quite concerned.

 

Where have all the people gone?

Are they all unmasking?

Where have all the people gone?

They’re not on show!

 

 

Where have all the people gone?

Quiet and waiting, every one,

Hoping for the tide to turn,

Hoping for the tide to turn.

 

Lorraine Weightman

May10th 2020

 

* With apologies to Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Peter Paul and Mary


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Lorraine Weightman
Lorraine Weightman who regularly writes a monthly memoir telling of her days growing up in Consett has just published 2 books in conjunction with Firefly New Media Uk, which share 24 stories that were originally seen in Consett Magazine over the past few years. https://www.facebook.com/consettstories/

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