"In the licorice fields at Pontefract   My love and I did meet   And many a burdened licorice bush   Was blooming round our feet;   Red hair she had and golden skin,   Her sulky lips were shaped for sin,   Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd   The strongest legs in Pontefract." - John Betjeman

John Betjeman: In the licorice fields at Pontefract My love and I...

34 views
0

"In the licorice fields at Pontefract My love and I did meet And many a burdened licorice bush Was blooming round our feet; Red hair she had and golden skin, Her sulky lips were shaped for sin, Her sturdy legs were flannel-slack'd The strongest legs in Pontefract." - John Betjeman

Uploaded 7 years ago