"There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner" by Noel Coward

I listen to Sarah Kennedy on Radio 2 every morning as I wake up.

This morning I heard this song being played having been written and sung by Noel Coward. She said that it was probably very apt at the moment with all the flooding around the country and everyone in despair.

Seems very apt with all this bad wet weather!

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Extracts from Noel Coward's song written at the begining of WW2 in 1940.

They're out of sorts in Sunderland

And terribly cross in Kent

They're down in Hull

And the isle of Mull

Is seething with discontent

They're nervous in northumberland
And Devon is down the drain

They're filled with wrath on Firth of Forth

And sullen on Salisbury plain

In Dublin they're depressed lads

Maybe because they're Celts
For drake is hurrying West, lads

And so is everyone else

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

Misery is here to stay

There are bad times just around the corner
There are dark clouds hurtling through the sky
And it's no good whining

About a silver lining

For we know from experience they won't roll by

With a scowl and a frown we'll keep our peckers down

And prepare for depression and doom and dread

We're going to unpack our troubles from our old kit bag

And wait until we drop down dead

There are bad times just around the corner
And the outlook's absolutely vile

There are home fires smoking from Windermere to Woking

And we're not going to tighten our belt and

Smile Smile Smile

At the sound of shots

We'd just as soon as not

Get a hot water bottle and go to bed

We're going to unpack our troubles from our old kit bag

And wait until we drop down deadI like your story

Land of Hope and Glory

Wait until we drop down dead