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Dear Jimmy,
We've thought a lot about you out there at sea,
Without any milk for a nice cup of tea,
And we wondered if we could help and how,
Then we thought of the answer. Yes Jim...A Cow,
You could tie her up front, with the ropes and the anchor,
A glorified-fishing-boat-cum-milk-tanker
The pride of the harbour, the envy of all,
The Moo of the cow would be your signal call...
You could feed her on seaweed, dried in the sun
With fresh milk for your cuppas, yes every one
No longer would coffee be your only brew,
You could sell your spare milk and make money too!
Think it over and see if you don't agree,
Its well worth the bother for a nice cup of tea.
But if you dont fancy a cow on your boat
We could try something smaller, perhaps even a goat.
Now that would be grand but you can't have a Billy ..
0r you wont get you milk and that would be silly.
So give it some thought and measure the boat,
If a cow is too big, then we'll send you a goat.
Don't worry your head if your mates start to grin,
Just make a nice cuppa and don't ask them in
They'll be jealous of course, out there at sea,
Drinking their coffee while you drink tea
And within a few weeks they'll be wondering how,
They can make room on their boats to carry a cow
They'll follow your lead and you'll benefit all
The Harbour-board chap will soon come to call,
And along with him there'll be an MP
The Tourist Minister, wait and see.
He'lll want to arrange to go over your boat
To show off to tourists your cow or your goat,
You'll drive a hard bargain but he will agree,
And you'll make pots of money and go on a spree.
You won't have to fish to earn honest crust,
You can put on a Sharemilker-fisher and come visit us
So unless you can solve your milk problem better
Think it over Jim, then lets know in a letter.
A cow or a goat, which one will it be?
On top of your boat, as you head out to sea!