Want to do a duet with Dana?

(WITH apologies to Dana Rosemary Scallon, MEP – now sing along to the air of the one that made her famous).

Stardust and moonshine, things of the night.

Malta and Capri, man what a sight.

Achill, Bull Island, Inishvickalaun too. All kinds of everything, belong in the EU.

Brussels sprouts, Roman founts, Greek and Dutch wares,

Spanish senorinas or Swedish au pairs.

The Somme or Rhine, Tees and Tyne. Vistula, too.

All kinds of everything remind me of EU.

Fishing rights, airline flights, VAT, CAPs and cream,

Genetically modified MEPs all coming on stream.

Swingin’ time, sluggin’ wine, a backhander or two,

All kinds of everything right out of the blue.

All kinds of everything, find a home in the EU.

(Enough! Now change your tune to These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things)

Sterling and dollars and coppers and shekels, a dual personality to rival old Jekyll’s.

Brown paper packages, without any strings.

These are a few of my favourite things.

When the wind blows, when the Floods come,

When the waters rise, I simply remember my favourite things.

And tell them a paa..aack of lies.

Richard Dowling

Coote Street,

Mountrath,

Co Laois