Sing it Again

Two little sets of big bright eyes

Smiling up at me.

“Sing it again, sing it again,

sing it again mummy.”

The chores got done in record time.

Dishes after supper

vanished faster than the grime

from your faces in the bathtub.

Floors got swept, tables wiped,

we sang away work blues,

‘cos you two had me,

and I had you two too.

 Two little sets of big bright eyes

 smiling up at me.

“Sing it again, sing it again,

 sing it again mummy.”

When the electric power failed

many times through many storms,

we lit a dozen candles

and sang with guitar chords. 

We marvelled at the lightning.

We sang away our fear.

Because we had each other

and there’s power in the number three.

Two little sets of big bright eyes

 smiling up at me.

“Sing it again, sing it again,

 sing it again mummy.”

Whilst we were travelling distances

in the confines of the car,

we sang it loud and heartily.

Didn’t matter where we were.

Out of key or out of time, it mattered hardly.

‘Cos I had you two too,

and of course you two had me.

 Two little sets of big bright eyes

Smiling up at me.

“Sing it again, sing it again,

sing it again mummy

“Some-one to do for,

to muddle through for.

I have you two.

Someone to try for,

to do or die for,

I have you two.

Could be, we three

get along so famously ‘cos

you two have me,

and I have you two too.

Two little sets of big bright eyes

 smiling up at me.

“Sing it again, sing it again,

 sing it again mummy.”