ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Getting Older

Well I must be getting older
And I don't know who to blame.
All the words now have new meanings
Though they still sound just the same.

And I was so good at English
Now I get the words all wrong;
cause when I put them in a sentence
its just like they don't belong.

Like, when a bloke was really happy
it used to be ok to say " He's gay "
a “Rap” was how you hit a door
And Hi ! just meant Gidday.

“Grass" was grown upon your lawn
We used a "Pot" to cook a stew.
A “Score” was what your team made
And a "Dope" meant silly you

A “Dyke” that was just a little dam
A “Poof” a puff of smoke.
“Bread” was flour and water
Now if you've got none well your broke.

And “Cactus” was a prickly plant
But now it means your dead.
a “Joint” was an old run down shack
A place to rest your weary head.

If someone had a bit of luck
we'd say that's really slick.
Now when somethings great mate
well they say its "fully sick".

" Acid" was something we used
in Chemistry at school;
and winter was the only time
that we were really " Cool ".

A "Trip" meant falling over
when we tangled up our feet;
And lollies were the only thing
that we could say were " Sweet ".

Oh we put "ice" into our eskies
just to cool our beer and rum;
and the only "Smack" I ever got
was on me bloody bum.

People stopped you in the street
to talk about the weather
now when you ask a question
the kids just say " What ever ".

Well I’ve tried to understand it
It's progress I've been told.
But I really have to face it mate
Gees I must be getting old.


Bob Pacey ( C )

Thanks so much Bob.

Hi Bob I enjoyed your poem mate.
We must both come from a similar era, because I understand exactly what your saying.

Cheers Terry

Mate, I've lived through that time as well.

As I understand it, 'Gay' is a cover for an Homosexual person.
I'm certain that I am still Heterosexual and don't need another word to screen that fact.

Jim.

Thats great Bob and true. I'm gunna print that and show all me kids just so they know what I've been telling them all the time is right.

TTFN

It is one of my favourite performance pieces Dave always gets a lot of knowing looks.



Thaks all Bob

This is growing all the time and I think they just make them up to confuse us oldies.

Has anyone got a rhyme for Amazeballs ????

Why not just say it was amazing ?

Bob

Good one Bob, I must have missed this one first time round.
Not hard to see why it would be a good performance piece!
mmm! amazeballs! the mind boggles at interpretations that could be made there
Cheers Ron

amazeballs - todays drawls -cliches pall...it's a totally different language that's for sure but then I suppose our parents threw their hands up in horror at some of the words that came from our mouths as well

That's wicked Bob.
wazza