Strong Men have Blanched and shot their Wives
Rather than send them to Saint Ives (anon)
| Saint Ives was a lovely Market Town You could buy almost anything there With market day being twice a week And sometimes there was a fair |
The traffic went away and now Saint Ives is quiet and calm At first it seemed we'd been redeemed But people then took alarm |
| It was a lively, bustling place But the traffic was appalling The route around was twenty miles So alternatives were galling |
The traffic went away and now They bring in traffic schemes And parking lots, and mews of shops To bring more people in |
| With one bridge over the River Ouse There was no choice at all To get from one side to the other You went through, or not at all |
The shops were busy but now they're not Those that are left grow less Charity shops we have a lot And even they are a mess! |
| We called for a road across the river A road that would save our lives It was needed to save the Old Town Bridge It was needed to save Saint Ives |
Save Saint Ives, Save our Bridge Was this town's clarion call But neither has been saved from fate By this great mistake, after ALL |
| So many a year and many a penny Went by 'till we got our way We got the road, we got the bridge ..... And the traffic went away |
The people too have gone away Saint Ives does bustle no more And the moral to this story is Think hard what you wish for! |
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