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Dedicated to my dear friends Hugh and Fi McAfferty AKA the Ukulele People. These folk organise the Geraldine Ukefest and are co- ordinators of the New Zealand Ukulele Network. Its the true tale of what happened to their letter box. The words and tune are my own.

THE HOONS OF GERALDINE – BY SHIRLEY C
CHORUS – EYE TIE TA TIDDLY ADA EYE TIE TIE
NOW HERE’S A LITTLE TALE ABOUT THE HOONS OF GERALDINE –
WHO DECIDED TO GO CRUISING ROUND THE TOWN
WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS A LETTER BOX THE FINEST EVER SEEN
THEY WERE DRUNK AND DROVE TO FAST AND MOWED IT DOWN
AND MAGPIE MCAFFERTY DEFIED ALL GRAVITY AND HISSED AT THE FOLK WHO WERE.. DRUNK
CHORUS – EYE TIE TA TIDDLY ADA EYE TIE TIE

WELL HUGH AND FI THE OWNERS WERE UNDERSTANDABLY UPSET
THE LETTER BOX – IT WAS THEIR JOY AND PRIDE
HOWEVER BEING GENTLE FOLK THEY TOOK IT ON THE CHIN
THEY SWORE THEN HAD A DRINK OR TWO INSIDE
AND MAGPIE MCAFFERTY DEPLORED THE DEPRAVITY – AND PURRED AS A MEETING OCCURRED
CHORUS – EYE TIE TA TIDDLY ADA EYE TIE TIE
NOW A LETTER BOX’S ESSENTIAL IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR MAIL
SO A LOCAL CRAFTSMAN HAD A GOOD SOLUTION
A LARGER LETTER BOX EMBEDDED ON A CONCRETE BASE
BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE NZUN CONSTITUTION IN AN A4 ENVELOPE
AND MAGPIE MCAFFERTY SHOWED HER MOUTH CAVITY AND GLARED AT THE PEOPLE WHO STARED
CHORUS – EYE TIE TA TIDDLY ADA EYE TIE TIE


WITH THE LETTER BOX INSTALLED THEY HAD TO CELEBRATE WITH JOY
AN UNVEILING OCCURRED TO MARK THE OCCASION
AND THE CRAFTSMAN AND THE POSTIE AND THE NEIGHBOURS ALL JOINED IN
NOT ONE OF THEM NEEDED MUCH PURSUATION
AND THE HOONS OF GERALDINE – WERE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN……