Trevor Morgan

JOE (1945-1953)

Young Joe died of polio in 1953
A little boy a lot of fun
But he’s still here in me
Joe came from Kingsdown
We romped and used to lark
Playing on the bombsites
And running in the park
He came to my birthday do in 1953
And I had cried
When he had died
He couldn’t come play with me
So I went to the bombsite
And to our secret den
And wished and wished
That he’d come back
But I only see him when
I sleep and in my dreams
He’s there with me again
For fifty years we’ve played at night
There in our secret den
But I wake up each morning
And daytime’s there again
And I hate that dawning
Of that sad fact on me
That Joe died of polio in 1953