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I can relate to this except my dates were 1957 - 1961
Ya’ll know I went to Slim School
in nineteen sixty two
You might not remember me
but I remember you
Life in the Cameron Highlands
was pretty much a skive
Even with the emergency on
most got out alive
Ya’ll know I slept at Hopetown
till nineteen sixty four
Went up in trucks and buses
but then you know the score
We had to sleep in old tin huts
the jungle was outside
With spiders snakes and tigers
we still got out alive
Ya’ll know I was a good boy
made the staff look dumb
Night raids on girls dorms
just to have some fun
Girls came up to our tin huts
just because they could
Teachers couldn’t control us
they were thick as mud
Ya’ll know those little stories
but kept them locked away
Thinking that some punishment
might bite your bum one day
Now’s the time for confession
sins past their sell by date
Should we never learn our lesson
don’t leave it all too late.
Ya’ll know I went to Slim School
in nineteen sixty two
You might not remember me
but I remember you
Life in the Cameron Highlands
was pretty much a skive
Even with the emergency on
most got out alive
Ya’ll know I slept at Hopetown
till nineteen sixty four
Went up in trucks and buses
but then you know the score
We had to sleep in old tin huts
the jungle was outside
With spiders snakes and tigers
we still got out alive
Ya’ll know I was a good boy
made the staff look dumb
Night raids on girls dorms
just to have some fun
Girls came up to our tin huts
just because they could
Teachers couldn’t control us
they were thick as mud
Ya’ll know those little stories
but kept them locked away
Thinking that some punishment
might bite your bum one day
Now’s the time for confession
sins past their sell by date
Should we never learn our lesson
don’t leave it all too late.
| Eric Davies ex slim school pupil | 11:45pm Sep 28 |
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