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My Grandad always swore
He only made it through the war
Cos he could pedal faster than a Heinkel
He said: "They flew so low at night,
They'd stop and ask you for a light!
But I thought that were taking the Michael!
There was one night in The Blitz
Son, I nearly did the splits!
They stopped me, and they asked me for directions!
I said stick your metal hail
Where a monkey has a tail
And gestured, as a mark of my affections.

There was this other time
A Messerschmidt, a 109
Flown by some cheeky bleeder name of Herman
Said: 'Fred, just give up now
And to our Fuhrer beg and bow.
Face it lad, you'll soon be speaking German.'
I said: 'You've flown round here too low
They've nicked your wheels, and don't you know
They've left a little message written under.'
He leaned out to have a look
And he read as far as 'f***'
Then he veered off and he crashed into the Humber!

But that Heinkel don't you know,
He were flying way too slow
I zig-zagged so the aimer couldn't find me.
I was peddling too fast
Then hit me brakes and he flew past
When their last bomb it had fallen well behind me."
I said: "Grandad, I'm just 2
Will I ever peddle fast as you?"
He said: "Someday son, you're only a beginner."
And he looked down at me plate
Where I'd left the turnip, that I hate.
"You can start by eating up your bloody dinner."

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Joe Solo is an award-winning musician, writer, poet, activist, broadcaster and washing machine engineer from Scarborough.

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