Reasons to be Cheerful (Ian Dury Style)

‘Reasons to be Cheerful’ (Ian Dury and the Blockheads 1979). A great song, great lyrics, reached No 3 in hit parade too. Can we think of a few reasons right now to make us cheerful? Many can, and are posting hundreds of creative videos and posts. Many are just plain embarrassingly awful, but many are of a professional standard and as good if not funnier than any of our professional comedians and writers are coming up with.

Here are a few Coronavirus-Lockdown ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’, Ian Dury style.

(Why not add a few verses yourself.)

Reasons to be Cheerful

Waving to the postie

A cheese and onion toastie

Cuddling your mostie

A loaf of bread

A doggie with a waggie

A secret garden faggie

Binmen with their lorry

A chat with Fred

The lady at the checkout

The milkman with his float out

A healthy fresh-air walk out

Chirpy birdies’ trill

Parents climbing up the wall

Kids not bothered if they fall

       No Morrissey allowed at all

Time to chill

Badgers roadkill amnesty

Nature reclaim territory 

Wearing all-day onesie

Do our best

      Reading lots of books

      Learning to be cooks

      Not worried how we looks

      Our NHS

     Reasons to be Cheerful