Roger McGough

Roger Joseph McGough, CBE (born 9 November 1937) is an English poet from Liverpool, and one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound. (The other two are Brian Patten and Adrian Henri.). He was also a member of The Scaffold, who reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968. thumb|The general at the radar screenRubbed his hands with glee,And grinning pressed the buttonAnd started world war three. Quotes There's the moon trying to look romanticMoon's too old that's her troubleAren't we all? "Aren't We All", from The Mersey Sound (1967) Wasn't a bad party reallyExcept for the people "Aren't We All", from The Mersey Sound (1967) The general at the radar screenRubbed his hands with glee,And grinning pressed the buttonAnd started world war three. "Icarus Allsorts", from The Mersey Sound (1967) thumb|The general at the radar screenhe should have got the sackBut that wouldn't bringThree thousand million, seven hundred, and sixty-eight people back,Would it? The general at the radar screenhe should have got the sackBut that wouldn't bringThree thousand million, seven hundred, and sixty-eight people back,Would it? "Icarus Allsorts", from The Mersey Sound (1967) When the busstopped suddenly to avoiddamaging a mother and child in the road, theyounglady in the greenhat sitting oppositewas thrown across me, and not being one tomiss an opportunity i started to makelove "At Lunchtime A Story of Love", from The Mersey Sound (1967) … i stood up and said it was a pity that the world didn't nearlyend every lunchtime and that we could alwayspretend. … "At Lunchtime A Story of Love", from The Mersey Sound (1967) thumb|there is a mushroom cloud in the back gardeni did i tried to bring in the catbut it simply came to pieces in my handi did i tried to whitewash the windowsbut there weren't any When you are posthumous it is cold and darkand that is why patriots are a bit nuts in the head "Why Patriots are a Bit Nuts in the Head", from The Mersey Sound (1967) he thinks about his journey nearly done.One day he'll clock on and never clock offor clock off and never clock on "My Busconductor", from The Mersey Sound (1967) there is a mushroom cloud in the back gardeni did i tried to bring in the catbut it simply came to pieces in my handi did i tried to whitewash the windowsbut there weren't any "Mother the Wardrobe is Full of Infantrymen", from The Mersey Sound (1967) If you fall that's no disgraceSomeone else will take your place'Old soldiers never die...... only young ones. "A Square Dance", from The Mersey Sound (1967) External links Category:Poets from England Category:Living people Category:1937 births Category:20th-century British poets Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire