The Beatles (talking about music with your gran)
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Grandma? Is The Beatles a thing?
Grandad told me they were some sort of band.
Is he having me on? But he taught me this song:
‘She loves you, yeah yeah yeah!
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah!’
And he said, who in their right senses
Would name themselves after creepy crawlies?
Oooh now, Aiden, that’s a good question.
But they spelled it B-E-A-T as in rhythm
Like a drum beat, you know, percussion.
And The Beatles really were a sensation.
You mean like K Pop?
K Pop? Isn’t that a breakfast cereal?
But if I had a band, grandma, I’d call it something phenomenal
Like Aiden and the Ants
Er…
Or The Spiders… ‘The Spiders from Mars’ rocks.
Or something huge and scary like … Zombies …
Or Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Grandad told me they were some sort of band.
Is he having me on? But he taught me this song:
‘She loves you, yeah yeah yeah!
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah!’
And he said, who in their right senses
Would name themselves after creepy crawlies?
Oooh now, Aiden, that’s a good question.
But they spelled it B-E-A-T as in rhythm
Like a drum beat, you know, percussion.
And The Beatles really were a sensation.
You mean like K Pop?
K Pop? Isn’t that a breakfast cereal?
But if I had a band, grandma, I’d call it something phenomenal
Like Aiden and the Ants
Er…
Or The Spiders… ‘The Spiders from Mars’ rocks.
Or something huge and scary like … Zombies …
Or Tyrannosaurus Rex.
This poem is copyright (©) Lesley James 2023
About the Writer
Lesley James
Lesley writes for young people and less young people. Many of her stories and poems for children are set in Lesley’s Garden, where a cast of birds, beasts and minibeasts live. She loves playing with words - rhythms, rhymes, tongue-twisters - and telling real tales. Nothing is more funny, thrilling or entertaining than the real life you can see from your own window.
