I’ve got to write an essay about the blues
I’m was wondering whether it was the right option to choose
It definitely is as I’m learning so much
about a music genre I didn’t care for as such

When you think about it though it’s the foundation of many a good song
you wouldn’t realise it but I bet you sing along
Some of the blues can be raw and very melancholy 
but some of it can make you feel really jolly

I’m studying with the Open University you see
Arts and Humanities which includes music and that’s for me
I have loved music for all of my days
and to include it in my degree makes me happy in so many ways

So I’ve become familiar with the twelve bar sound
and the love for reading music I have again found
Hopefully I’ll get this essay written
and a good mark will make me feel totally smitten

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Are you still at Rock Choir I hear you say?
Yes, like everything else we are doing it a different way
Zoom has become the popular thing
and that's great as it allows us to sing

It was a bit funny at first
I think some of us feared the worst
It's good to be able to see everyone on screen
Happy, smiley and looking so keen

I can sing like a diva and really out loud
because singing alone is different to singing in a crowd
We sometimes dress up to add to the fun
and Zoom can make us look like we are holidaying in the sun

We'll all be together again soon one day
and with all this practice we'll sound fabulous I say
Corona you can't make this thing go sour
because we are mighty and called
​ROCK CHOIR!!

I heard Chris Rea on my radio singing a lovely song
he made it home for Christmas I knew it wouldn't be long
Long I hear you say? We've been singing it for years
that M25, it just adds to all my fears

Countless Christmas's and numerous pints of beer have passed
he really can't have been driving all that fast
Do you think it was just one very long trip?
or did he have somewhere quick he had to nip?

He could have been driving home from Tesco's after getting all his grub
or he could be a long distance lorry driver ready for the tub
We really think he's still lost driving round and around
forever on that motorway, his life is now bound

I'm just not gonna worry it's a classy kinda song
when we get to mid September you'll be whistling along
You'll get all excited hearing his deep and hopeful tone
but I have just one wish this year Chris, just make it bloody home.