No more will we hear those words
“How tickled I am”
From the man from Knotty Ash.
This man who had kept me laughing,
Laughing all my life.
He had always been there,
His shows lasting hours into the night.
No more banging his drum
Outside his window at night,
Where neighbours shouted
“What are you doing
Banging a drum at three o’clock in the morning?”
“Thank you, I wanted to know the time”.
No more songs of “Happiness”,
We are left with tears,
“Tears for Souvenirs”
The Diddy Men will be with him
As he makes his journey to eternity
Making all laugh on his way.
Good-bye Ken,
Thank you for the laughter.