Jubilee Day 4. Mr Teddy and I cycle home via the seaside at Frogmore venue.

AA Milne 1924

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I went down to the shouting sea,

Taking Christopher down with me,

For Nurse had given us sixpence each-

And down we went to the beach.

 

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,

And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.

Whenever a good nor'wester blows,

Christopher is certain of

Sand-between-the-toes.

 

 

The sea was galloping grey and white;

Christopher clutched his sixpence tight;

We clambered over the humping sand-

And Christopher held my hand.

 

We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,

And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.

Whenever a good nor'wester blows,

Christopher is certain of

Sand-between-the-toes.

 

 

There was a roaring in the sky;

The sea-gulls cried as they blew by;

We tried to talk, but had to shout-

Nobody else was out.

 

When we got home, we had sand in the hair,

In the eyes and the ears and everywhere;

Whenever a good nor'wester blows,

Christopher is found with

Sand-between-the-toes.

Done