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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: jaykay on April 14, 2012, 08:36:32 pm

Title: When I am old I shall wear.....
Post by: jaykay on April 14, 2012, 08:36:32 pm
Found this version of 'when I am old I shall wear purple', this one is definitely me  ;D

When I am an old sheep woman, I shall wear muddy boots and beautifully knitted wool sweaters
And a felted hat that suits me just fine.
And I shall spend my pension on coffee and cake
And fine treats for my sheep and goats, and say we have no money for bread.
I shall sit in the hay loft with a faithful collie and cat in my lap
And listen to ‘my girls’ softly baaing below.
In Spring, I shall lay down in the meadow
With kids and lambs all around and drink fresh milk…
When suddenly, I am an old sheep woman. 
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Post by: knight_family on April 14, 2012, 09:02:49 pm
That would do it for me..... but maybe not an old sheep woman though
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Post by: SallyintNorth on April 15, 2012, 03:13:16 am
I scored 70% !  ;D
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Post by: FiB on April 15, 2012, 10:24:26 am
Me too!  No Collie or Goats.  LOve the origional and this version thank you!  :bouquet: 
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Post by: Sandy on April 15, 2012, 10:59:25 am
Thats lovely, very well adapted, I am getting to that stage now  no beautiful hand knits for me just moth eaten used ones with bleach marks, I do spend my money on coffee and cake and tend to treat the dogs when i have money, I only have dogs and some chickens but rather spend my time with them anyway  love the life!!!
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Post by: goosepimple on April 15, 2012, 12:34:01 pm
Lovely.  I'm going to read all the best bits from my favourite books and poems to my pets and livestock and they will listen and admire them with me - I try this on our children but they look at me blankly and return to their lego... ::)
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Post by: sabrina on April 15, 2012, 01:13:30 pm
Getting more like that every day  ;D
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Post by: dyedinthewool on April 15, 2012, 10:25:56 pm

When I am an old sheep woman, I shall wear muddy boots and THE beautifully knitted wool sweaters are now old and baggy
And a felted hat that suits me just fine with a thermal lining and ear flaps.
And I shall spend my pension on coffee and cake  So true So True...
And fine treats for my sheep and piglets goats, and say we have no money for bread.
I shall sit in the hay loft with a faithful collie and cat in my lap and inhale the sweet smell of new hay (don’t have a dog or cat)
And listen to ‘my girls’ softly baaing below.
In Spring, I shall lay down in the meadow if only I could get down in the first place...
With kids and lambs all around and drink fresh milk…with a tot of Brandy
When suddenly, I am an the old sheep woman
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Post by: jaykay on April 15, 2012, 10:27:24 pm
 ;D
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Post by: Sandy on April 15, 2012, 11:20:53 pm
 ;D
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on April 15, 2012, 11:37:17 pm
Well, I'm already a mad goatwoman and will be sixty-one on Wednesday so I suppose I am nearly there.   ;D