{"id":272,"date":"2020-04-06T16:22:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northseagas.co.uk\/?p=272"},"modified":"2020-04-21T11:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:57:33","slug":"aint-it-a-beauty-cliff-ferre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northseagas.co.uk\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"Ain&#8217;t It A Beauty.  (Cliff Ferre.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There aren&#8217;t many men as lucky as me to have one as long as mine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thing is as old as I am but still it&#8217;s doing fine&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many&#8217;s a time I was afraid It was going on the blink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But after careful scrutiny it proved to be in the pink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I always treat it carefully never leave it hanging about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And everytime I use it I remember to shake it out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And sometimes when I use it and I hold it in the air<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I instructed me wife to handle it with tender love and care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chorus&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oo-o-oh ain&#8217;t it a beauty  I have used it proudly all me life \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oo-o-oh ain&#8217;t it a beauty and if you don&#8217;t believe me ask me wife<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danny O&#8217;Toole came over one day, he couldn&#8217;t believe what he heard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mine was bigger than his was he didn&#8217;t believe a word<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I bet him a pound I took him outside I laid it on the street&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He couldn\u2019t believe his eyes it was nearly a hundred feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer when I was out of work to idle away the hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used it in the neighbourhood to water the neighbours flowers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A met a young lass who needed it bad, she use it for a week<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And though abused for days on end it never sprang a leak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use it in the summer time I use it in the fall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s just around about the springtime I use it most of all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use it in December on a cold and wintry day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wrote me name in a snow bank a half a block away<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must admit it hasn&#8217;t been used in three or four months or more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it&#8217;s hanging there and it&#8217;s ready as it ever was before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if the good lord\u2019s willing I&#8217;ll be using it for years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the best length of garden hose\u00a0ever sold by Sears\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oo-o-oh ain&#8217;t it a beautyall the fellas envy my technique &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong> &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oo-o-oh ain&#8217;t it a beautyThey hate me every time they take a peek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There aren&#8217;t many men as lucky as me to have one as long as mine The thing is as old as I am but still it&#8217;s doing fine&nbsp; Many&#8217;s a time I was afraid It was going on the blink But after careful scrutiny it proved to be in the pink . 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