The CBB :: View topic - I Wish I Were A Chalet Girl

#1: I Wish I Were A Chalet Girl Author: Carola, Location: Birmingham right now, usually Nepal

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:17 pm

Just goes to show how easily distracted you can be when you're S'POSED to be doing language study.....

I wish I were a Chalet Girl...I’d run away to school
I’d plait my hair, or have it bobbed
I’d seldom play the fool
I wish I were a Chalet Girl...3 languages I’d speak
I’d catch a chill three times a day
And join the coolest clique.

I’d love to be a Chalet Girl, although it can be tough
My mum would have to catch TB
And that would be quite rough.
I’d love to be a Chalet Girl and throw away my specs
I’d walk whilst bending at the knee
And never think of sex.

But if I were a Chalet Girl, I’d study maths and history
I’d have a million children
(Although how would be a mystery)
And if I were a Chalet Girl, I’d learn to cook and sew
Then have a dozen servants
To keep my workload low.

But I can’t be a Chalet Girl...bad hair days are the norm
I only speak Nepali which is
Useless in the dorm
I cannot be a Chalet Girl, I’m sturdy as an ox
I rarely catch a cold or ’flu,
I’ve not had chicken pox.

I’ll never be a Chalet Girl, and wed the nearest doc
I don’t have any servants
I never boil the clock.
I’ll never be a Chalet Girl and have fun at the fete
And when all’s said and done
Let’s not forget....I’m 38!

#2: Author: nikkie, Location: Cumbria

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:22 pm

Love it!

(did confuse me with Lavender though!)

#3: Author: Carola, Location: Birmingham right now, usually Nepal

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:24 pm

nikkie wrote:

Love it!

(did confuse me with Lavender though!)

You've lost me there. Not that it's difficult! Confuse you with Lavender how??

#4: Author: patmac, Location: Yorkshire England

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:53 pm

Lovely!

#5: Author: Lisa, Location: South Coast of England

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:24 pm

That was fantastic! You could be a Chalet girl ( a la Joey or Amy Stevens) cos of your talent with words! Very Happy

#6: Author: nikkie, Location: Cumbria

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:26 pm

Carola wrote:

nikkie wrote:

Love it!

(did confuse me with Lavender though!)

You've lost me there. Not that it's difficult! Confuse you with Lavender how??

The picture is Lavender -same as me!

#7: Author: Lesley, Location: Allhallows, Kent

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:31 pm

Excellent - thanks Carola! Laughing

#8: Author: Carola, Location: Birmingham right now, usually Nepal

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:41 pm

Quote:

The picture is Lavender -same as me!

Oh, OK

I thought the picture was Jo, burning Malvina. I seem to remember it from the front cover of one of the paperbacks I had as a kid.

#9: Author: Ann, Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:44 pm

That is brilliant, Carola!

Al (Emperor Zhark) says we should all learn it and recite it at the SG...

#10: Author: LizB, Location: Oxon, England

Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:37 pm

Fantastic Carola!! Laughing

*thinks Emperor Zhark might have a good idea*

Liz

#11: Author: Susan, Location: Carlisle

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:18 am

Fantastic Carola, I really like it.

#12: Author: Mia, Location: London

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:52 am

Carola, you clever girlie! I'm vair impressed! Very Happy

#13: Author: Carola, Location: Birmingham right now, usually Nepal

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:39 am

<takes a bow> Thanks for the positive comments. Nice to know that finally my "gift" for writing drivel has found an outlet Wink

Shame I can't apply myself as well to language learning!!

#14: Author: Nina, Location: Peterborough, UK

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:57 am

Weeeelllll ... there was that leeeetle suggestion I made Very Happy

Although I can't actually read Nepali so Embarassed

#15: Author: Carola, Location: Birmingham right now, usually Nepal

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:07 am

No.....I am NOT translating it into Nepali!! Shocked

#16: Author: Nina, Location: Peterborough, UK

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 9:24 am

#17: Author: Helen P, Location: Cheshire

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:55 am

I only just found this Carola, it's fab!

If you have a gift for writing drivel that is in need of an outlet, then you are definitely in the right place - if you have any more 'drivel' like that, please keep it coming! Very Happy

#18: Author: Ally, Location: Jack Maynard's Dressing Room!!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:07 pm

Hehehe thank you Carola Very Happy

#19: Author: Robin, Location: London

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:39 pm

great, thanks Carola!

#20: Author: Changnoi, Location: New Mexico, USA

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:25 pm

That was wondeful...tres, tres, tres, magnifique!

My language talents of uselessness currently include Sanskrit, Old Irish, and limited Amharic...

Chang

#21: Author: Róisín, Location: Dublin

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:27 pm

Changnoi wrote:

That was wondeful...tres, tres, tres, magnifique!

My language talents of uselessness currently include Sanskrit, Old Irish, and limited Amharic...

Chang

I'm doing Old Irish too! I'll add to that list with Irish and Welsh (ie not useless but not widely known either!) whack some Latin and Old French on top. Rolling Eyes

#22: Author: Dreaming Marianne, Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:57 pm

Oh carola that's brilliant! I'm printing it out if that's OK? pleas write another!

#23: Author: Kim, Location: Tipperary, Ireland

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:58 pm

enjoyed this very much. Keep it up -never mind the language studies.

#24: Author: Kathy_S, Location: midwestern US

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:18 am

Thanks, Carola!

Is it bad that I'm hearing this to a tune across between the "Brownie Smile Song" and "Swinging Auntie"?

#25: Author: Liss, Location: Harrow, London

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 10:45 am

*g* That was very, very good!

#26: Author: Nina, Location: Peterborough, UK

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 1:58 pm

Kathy_S wrote:

Thanks, Carola!

Is it bad that I'm hearing this to a tune across between the "Brownie Smile Song" and "Swinging Auntie"?

It is very bad indeed that I started trying to sing it to the Monty Python Lumberjack Song Embarassed

#27: Author: Carola, Location: Birmingham right now, usually Nepal

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:26 pm

Dreaming Marianne wrote:

Oh carola that's brilliant! I'm printing it out if that's OK? pleas write another!

Thanks again. But.....I need a topic, or some suggestion of one, so....inspiration anyone Question

#28: Author: Emma, Location: Lichfield/Sutton Coldfield

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:50 pm

I've only just read this thread. Thanks for this Carola, it's brilliant! Smile

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