Number 36, Streuth it's Christmas!

I wrote this a few years ago; one of the ten that predate this challenge, and of course it is a song rather than a poem.  I have a simple tune in my head for it, but if someone would like to compose a fantastic number one hit for it for the Christmas charts, get to it!  Maybe we can make our fortunes!

Streuth it’s Christmas!

Happy Christmas everyone,

Not too hot for you out in the sun?

Come on let’s strip, take a skinny dip;

There’s plenty of time before dinner!

Christmas comes but once a year,

And always in the summer here;

It’s not the turkeys who get scared,

It’s the shrimps that need to be prepared!

Down on the beach it’s 32 degrees,

Put another shrimp on the barbie please!

It’s sunny, it’s hot, it’s a beaut is it not?

We’re down on the beach for a barbie;

Cold beer, pass it here, Christmas cheer, another year,

Everyone’s having a party!

And everyone knows that it never ever snows,

Because Christmas always comes in the summer,

With sky so blue I’d say to you;

A white Christmas would really be a bummer!

It’s sunny, it’s hot, it’s a beaut is it not?

We’re down on the beach for a barbie.

Cold beer, pass it here, Christmas cheer, another year

Everyone’s having a party!

© Stephen Saunders

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