YELLOW ROPE
In the land of the yellow rope
where the game of golf is played,
it's not that I get worried or
that my nerve will fray,
but no matter where I hit my ball
the ropes are in the way.
They're everywhere one can go
in the rough or fairway or green,
so I must go around them
and sometimes in between,
but often I get tangled up
in a yellow rope
and then I sit and think a bit
of how I'm gonna cope.
So I play the game in wonder
and I swing my club in hope,
and curse the day I have to play
in the land of the yellow rope.
Sir Al Prevost, 2007
TREES
Once there was a tree right here
and another over there
and yes do remember when the
trees were everywhere
But now there’s not so many are
there were just yesterday.
Because we didn’t like them and
said they couldn’t stay.
Some said they weren’t welcome cause
there shade destroyed the green.
While others didn’t want them so the
clubhouse could be seen
or said some trees were sickly or
too old to let them stay and more
were not indigenous and they were
sent away.
So now the course is open wide
and views they are galore.
Just lift your head and look around
to see for evermore
and shed a tear for trees long gone
as for a long lost friend
and hope some day they will return
to stay with us again.
Sir Al Prevost, 2010
TREES
Once there was a tree right here
and another over there
and yes do remember when the
trees were everywhere
But now there’s not so many are
there were just yesterday.
Because we didn’t like them and
said they couldn’t stay.
Some said they weren’t welcome cause
there shade destroyed the green.
While others didn’t want them so the
clubhouse could be seen
or said some trees were sickly or
too old to let them stay and more
were not indigenous and they were
sent away.
So now the course is open wide
and views they are galore.
Just lift your head and look around
to see for evermore
and shed a tear for trees long gone
as for a long lost friend
and hope some day they will return
to stay with us again.
Sir Al Prevost, 2010
