Annabel Hall and
Mrs Smythe-Boaste
Opened their tea shop last
May,
Serving cream teas and
cinnamon toast,
It was sure to be good you would say.
With flowery plates and
saucers by Spode
It made you feel
really quite posh,
And certainly worth a trip up the road
If you fancied some higher
class nosh.
The cakes were homemade and
really a dream,
The pastries an absolute treat,
The scones always came with
plenty of cream
- The loveliest place you
could eat.
The tea would be served
piping hot from the pot,
The crumpets with butter and jam,
But the shop would be closed
half past four on the dot
Which didn’t suit
everyone’s plan.
If you went for a walk in
this quaint little spot
You’d have to have ordered by four,
And that's really too early
for many to stop
Before 'Closed' would be
hung on the door.
By the end of the year the
tea shop was gone,
Such a pity you’ll
have to agree,
But Mrs Smythe-Boaste said
it had to be done
- Well there weren’t
enough people you see.
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