Happy Canada Day for today and Independance Day for Sunday - here's a little ditty for you
With apologies to Mann and Weil
When the world and I were young, just yesterday
Crime was such a simple game a child could play
It was easy then to tell jewel from glass
Easy then to tell weak from strong
When the rope would hold a lass
Or something else went on
But today, there are alarms and cameras
Today, security is much tighter
Today, there is no simple plan
Only their fear and shame
I remember when the victim just sat through
We had no need to use a gun, our face would do
It was easy then to keep them all silent
They would sit and make no complaint
The gags would hold and we would take
Their valuables and chains
But today, there is Crimewatch UK
Today, there are blogs and they have their say
Today, there is no anonymity
The old days have passed away
It was easy then to know dark from fair
When to take and when to spare
How much time you had to take their stuff
And how fast to run away
But today, there is no finesse or style
Today, there are just threats so vile
Today, she cowers and does not smile
The old days have passed away
They've just passed away…
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