MARKS & SPARK’S PIE
MARKS & SPARK’S PIE
A long, long, time ago
I can still remember how Marks shopping used to make me smile
I knew that if I took clothes back
That Marks would hang them on a rack
And maybe I could choose another style
But M&S just made me shiver
With all the bad news they deliver
Stane Park down at Tollgate
Our town store closed – it’s too late
I can’t remember if I cried
When I heard the news our town might die
But something touched me deep inside
The day Marks said “Good bye”
SO
Bye, bye, Marks & Spencer we tried
Now your closing
We’re proposing
You keep a Food Hall on site
That Facebook group tried to keep you alive
Singing Marks & Sparks you made us all cry
Marks & Sparks you made us all cry.
Our Facebook group just sings the Blues
They can’t hand out some happy news
A Food Hall seems so far away
I went down to my favourite store
Where I bought my first jeans years before
But the manager just said they wouldn’t stay
And in the streets the shopper’s screamed
No Percy Pigs!
No pies! No jeans!
Not a word was spoken
The shop tills all were broken
And the three men I admire the most
Marks & Spencer
And St.Michael’s Ghost
They caught the last bus
For wholemeal toast
The day our Marks just died
And we were singing
Bye, bye Marks & Spencer we tried, etc.
Georgina Nicholls. August 2022. With apologies to Don McLean.
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