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Ode to Banks Wyllie

by Billie Walker 23 Feb 2010

The following poem was given to Mr Wyllie in 1976 and to this day has remained anonymous, anyone who knew Banks cannot fail to agree with it.

ODE TO A GROCER

If you've never met Banks Wyllie

You've really missed a treat, He's a little man with a big bald head

And tiny twinkling feet

He runs the local grocery shop

Which he opens up at eight

Unless he's been out the night before

Then he opens late

He's very rude to customers

Especially those he knows

If you ask for a tin of salmon

He gives you herring roes

But he really loves the English

And treats them with respect

I think he's jealous of them But why I can't detect

He doesn't know ham from bacon

Of that I can be sure

And he's always trying to muddle me

With a load of Scottish lure

But still I can't resist him

I see him every day

At the moment he's very nice to me Because I've a bill to pay

His home is up in Skelmorlie

A very small estate

And the people living next to him

Have applied for a rate rebate !!!

24 Feb 2010 | 9:00:46

neil smith says

Love it just as we remember Banks. Anything he said or did had everyone laughing and brightened up their day.

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