THE BARD
FROM
TIGER BAY
Welcome to the web-site of The Bard from Tiger Bay, Eddie Hassan.
Married to Val for more than forty years, I have two children - Wendy (who is married to Rob), and Richard, who has a son (Vaughan).
Since my retirement, as well as being unable to figure out how I ever found the time to go to work, I have discovered the wonderful world of the Internet, and the previously unsuspected ability to write about the world around me.
This site is currently under construction (with a bit of help from our son-in-law, Rob and our daughter, Wendy, who are currently also building a site for themselves).
Click here to visit their site.In the coming months on this site you can look forward to:
Eddie's poems (a sample of which is shown below):
The Tiger Bay Bard
When I was a child in Tiger Bay
To the soup kitchen, we went every day
Poverty, poverty, everywhere
Nobody really seemed to care
Hob-nail boots and Parish tickets
Some of the children suffering rickets.
And then came the war and ration books too
We were still hungry and I thought, "What's new!"
The bombs were falling, sirens screaming
"Is this for real, or am I dreaming?"
And then one day I went to sea
As a deck boy, then an A/B.
I travelled the world by tramp and steamer
I looked around for pastures greener
I found a country and settled there
No longer is the cupboard bare
I'll remember the poverty, come what may
And those early days in Tiger Bay.
Our family
and more…
How to contact us: evhassan@paradise.net.nz
Last updated: 2 November 2002, 5.00pm
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