Eamon1943
knowlegable brummie
We marched into Sutton Park proud as we could be
Thirty three thousand boy scouts at the Jamboree
H.R.H The Duke of Gloucester opened this great event
honouring us young boy scouts as we pitched our tent
Greeted cheers of thousands caps raised into the air
Scouts from around the world all proudly standing there
10 days of a summer heatwave two days of torrential rain
nothing could deter us we'd do it all again
Lord Robert Baden-Powell wasn't there on this eventful day
some years before in 1941 he'd sadly passed away
The biggest event Sutton Coldfield ever held the 1957 Jamboree
I was there at fourteen years of age my little troop and me
Fifty years of the scouting movement we celebrated at this time
thoughts of these great years putting my story into rhyme
The Queen and The Duke's Land Rover slowly passing by the crowd
we saluted with our heads held high and welcomed them out loud
Sadly all good things have to end as we proudly marched away
memories that I recall and cherish still today
Eamon 1943
Thirty three thousand boy scouts at the Jamboree
H.R.H The Duke of Gloucester opened this great event
honouring us young boy scouts as we pitched our tent
Greeted cheers of thousands caps raised into the air
Scouts from around the world all proudly standing there
10 days of a summer heatwave two days of torrential rain
nothing could deter us we'd do it all again
Lord Robert Baden-Powell wasn't there on this eventful day
some years before in 1941 he'd sadly passed away
The biggest event Sutton Coldfield ever held the 1957 Jamboree
I was there at fourteen years of age my little troop and me
Fifty years of the scouting movement we celebrated at this time
thoughts of these great years putting my story into rhyme
The Queen and The Duke's Land Rover slowly passing by the crowd
we saluted with our heads held high and welcomed them out loud
Sadly all good things have to end as we proudly marched away
memories that I recall and cherish still today
Eamon 1943
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