Wedding Vows on a Stanza Saturday

I don't really have much of a poetry collection, but I did turn to poetry for my wedding vows last year, so I thought I'd share this one with you!

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear,

Pam Ayres

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, and here's the reason why;

So 1 can push you out of bed when the baby starts to cry,

And if we hear a knocking and it's creepy and it's late,

I give you the torch you see, and you investigate.

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, you may not apprehend it,

But when the tumbledrier goes it's you that has to mend it,

You have to face the neighbour should our labrador attack him,

And if a drunkard fondles me, it's you that has to whack him.

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, and here's the reason why;

So 1 can push you out of bed when the baby starts to cry,

And if we hear a knocking and it's creepy and it's late,

I give you the torch you see, and you investigate.

Yes, I'll marry you, my dear, you may not apprehend it,

But when the tumbledrier goes it's you that has to mend it,

You have to face the neighbour should our labrador attack him,

And if a drunkard fondles me, it's you that has to whack him.

Yes, I’ll marry you, my dear, you're handsome and you're strong,

And when I’m feeling poorly, you can serenade me with a song,

It's you who has to work the drill and put up  curtain track,

And when I've got the PMT it's you who gets the flak

I do see great advantages, but none of them for You,

And so before you see the light, I do, I do, I do!

 - Pam Ayres

Stanza Saturday is a weekly post, hosted by Denim-Jacket Librarian Dishes, to share poetry from either a home collection or from the library.  Find a book of poems, any poet will do, and open up to a random page and post the first poem you see.  If the poem is rather lengthy, feel free to post just the first stanza and be sure to include the poem's title, the book's title, and the poet.