Cracker Night

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Teary eyes at the window,  Where did Mum and Dad go?
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I wish someone would hurry up and come and get me, Gee I'm scared
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Cracker night was a real big deal, when I was a little kid
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They started lettin' them off after tea I ran inside and hid
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And all the dogs from everywhere were underneath me bed.

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We all went down in our dressing gowns to see the big bonfire
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Wide eyes watched the straw man burn on a milehigh pile of tyres
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Hot as hell, big black smell and red hot rings of wire.

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Sky rockets zinging,          Catherine wheels spinning,
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What a flamin' evening,          Fire trucks were screaming
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Smoky haze hangin' round for days
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And Grandma's ears were ringing.

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Everynight after school draggin' bits of wood, Boxes and branches
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and rotten old fences,  And mattresses were good.
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We even scrounged a vinyl lounge  And anything we could

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Little Guy Fawkes's and letter boxes  Blown all out of shape
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Light the wick and back off quick,    And make the big escape
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Cackin ourselves and rippin' my shirt Scrambling through the gate

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Sky rockets zinging,          Catherine wheels spinning,
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What a flamin' evening,          Fire trucks were screaming
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Smoky haze hangin' round for days
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And Grandma's ears were ringing.

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A house burnt down on the edge of town  We all took off with Pa
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This thing whizzed across the road And nearly hit our car
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A bang and spark lit up the park And everyone went Ah! Ah! Ah!

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Cracker night was a real big deal, When I was a little kid,
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It seems like only yesterday Tucked away in bed
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Dreams of schemes and double bunger Daring things we did.