All Good things Must End

My apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein

It has been fun, but we must realize when to leave the stage. The light is on and I want to avoid the hook.

So in the words of Oscar Hammerstein II.


There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
And the bells in the steeple too
And up in the nursery an absurd little bird
Is popping out to say "cuckoo"
Cuckoo, cuckoo

Regretfully they tell us Cuckoo, cuckoo
But firmly they compel us Cuckoo, cuckoo
To say goodbye . . .
Cuckoo!
. . . to you

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu

So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!

I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
The sun has gone to bed and so must I

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.

 

It's been fun, but all things must end. So I say,

 

''So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye -- Goodbye!''

 

Reviews

[BABSIE BEE]

Goodbye ??? Where are you going ????

[Nicole (Carpe Diem)]

good bye ... if you are indeed leaving...

[Monners]

ive heard this before. good song.

[Kimberly]

I second the question: Are you leaving the board? I hope not.

[Iretex2012]

This was neat poem to read. Is that Germany that ur using in the poem?

[Dezaraye]

Does this mean that you are leaving us? :(

[Amanda Crandall]

The Sound of Music. I'm not certain why you posted it but thank you for the memories lol.