The Kelpies Of Cumnock

The helpful kelpies of old Cumnock town
are laying all of their little tools down.
The kelpie union has called a strike
to change things that kelpies do not like.

“Humans today”, they say, “are very mean.
They do not keep the environment clean.
They’ve stopped listening to our mother, Nature
or caring about our poor Earth’s future”.

So, like great Keir Hardie kelpie long ago,
kelpies won’t help man if he’s natures foe.
They’re forming little pixie picket lines
infront of fairy factories and mines.

No more shall kelpie people paint rainbows,
teach birds to sing or help wild flowers grow,
sprinkle twinkle on stars, polish moonbeams;
grant good wishes or chase away bad dreams.

Kelpie cupids have locked away love’s darts;
kelpie joiners will not mend broken hearts;
kelpie plumbers won’t fix the leak of tears;
kelpie muses won’t mine minds for ideas.

And the goblins who gobble up sadness;
the elves who spread selfishness and badness
will laugh and skip and dance with so much glee
if humans keep on acting selfishly.

So help the kelpies, the fairies who’re fair.
Show them that human kind is nature’s friend.
Treat mother nature with respect and care,
then kelpies can get back to work again.