Roger McGough
Roger Joseph McGough, CBE (born November 9, 1937) is an English poet from Liverpool, and one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound. (The other two are Brian Patten and Adrian Henri.). He was also a member of The Scaffold, who reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968.
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- There's the moon trying to look romantic
Moon's too old that's her trouble
Aren't we all?- "Aren't We All", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- Wasn't a bad party really
Except for the people- "Aren't We All", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- The general at the radar screen
Rubbed his hands with glee,
And grinning pressed the button
And started world war three.- "Icarus Allsorts", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- The general at the radar screen
he should have got the sack
But that wouldn't bring
Three thousand million, seven hundred, and sixty-eight people back,
Would it?- "Icarus Allsorts", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- When the busstopped suddenly to avoid
damaging a mother and child in the road, the
younglady in the greenhat sitting opposite
was thrown across me, and not being one to
miss an opportunity i started to makelove- "At Lunchtime A Story of Love", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- ... i stood up and
said it was a pity that the world didn't nearly
end every lunchtime and that we could always
pretend. ...- "At Lunchtime A Story of Love", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- When you are posthumous it is cold and dark
and that is why patriots are a bit nuts in the head- "Why Patriots are a Bit Nuts in the Head", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- he thinks about his journey nearly done.
One day he'll clock on and never clock off
or clock off and never clock on- "My Busconductor", from The Mersey Sound (1967)
- there is a mushroom cloud in the back garden
i did i tried to bring in the cat
but it simply came to pieces in my hand
i did i tried to whitewash the windows
but there weren't any- "Mother the Wardrobe is Full of Infantrymen", from The Mersey Sound (1967)