The Christmas Delivery Song

By Claire Baldry Dec 20, 2021

This poem can also be sung to the tune of a well-known traditional children’s song

The Christmas Delivery Song

I chose to buy my gifts online,
Christmas time, gifts online
To save my energy and my time,
All day long

I bought for the grandkids a quacking duck,
Wish their parents luck, quacking duck,
Loud and menacing quacking duck,
All day long

Credit card entered, then told to wait,
Gave me a date, told to wait,
The parcel would arrive and not be late,
All day long

Arrival slot from ten ‘til ten,
Twelve hours then, ten ‘til ten,
But they won’t say exactly when,
All day long

I sat in the chair and fell asleep,
Missed the beep, fell asleep,
And out of the van a man did leap
And it all went wrong

Did the driver ring the bell?
Did he hell, ring the bell?
He dropped it by the gate and the parcel fell,
All day long

The sky turned grey and down came the rain,
What a pain, loads of rain,
My parcel drenched, that’s such a shame,
All day long

I sent back the duck to shopping online,
Doorbell didn’t chime, that’s a crime,
But it keeps the drivers busy at Christmas time,
All day long

Delivery vans go beep, beep, beep,
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep,
Delivery vans go beep, beep, beep,
All day long

About the author

Claire Baldry

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Claire is a retired Headteacher who lives on the East Sussex coast. Claire is an established speaker, performance poet and writer. She has a strong following on You Tube and has been listed in the top 100 Poetry Rivals National Competition. Claire has published five booklets of poetry which have sold hundreds of copies. 'Simply Bexhill' was published in early June 2014, and 'Simply Christmas' in November 2014. Her third publication is a series of narrative poems entitled 'The De La Warr Date'. She more recently published 'Seaside and Sailaway', which includes a section of poems about holidays on cruise ships, and Simply Modern Life. Claire has published two full-length novels, the first called 'Different Genes'. and more recently 'My Daughter's Wedding'. Both are romantic stories about love in later life, combined with a gripping mystery. The books can be purchased through bookshops, Amazon or borrowed from any local library. Links can be found at ww.w.clairebaldry.com .Claire and her husband were awarded the SE Diabetes UK Inspire Award in 2017 for innovative ways of fundraising.