Labidura herculeana 

Truly was a charmer 

But when it said ’Here we go’ 

Did that earwig go. 

Lynsey de Paul 

Was rather small 

But has hit Rock Bottom 

And soon will be rotten. 

George Hamilton IV 

Has followed George Hamilton III 

Who followed George Hamilton II 

Who followed George Hamilton 

Rik Mayall 

Did never fail 

To make us guffaw, 

But not any more. 

Mickey Rooney 

Pulled a fine moony 

But now he’s deceased  

The appeal has decreased. 

Shirley Temple  

Choked on a lentil 

She didn’t really 

But nothing rhymes with temple 

Let us wail 

For J.J. Cale 

They’re going to put him in the ground 

But don’t get him confused with John Cale out of the Velvet Underground. 

Bernie Nolan 

Has joined Marc Bolan. 

Jeff Hanneman 

Was a great player 

He’s had to say a 

Goodbye to Slayer. 

Reg Presley wasn’t The King 

But he sure was a Wild Thing, 

And though Love Is All Around, 

He’s now gone in the ground. 

To Michael Winner 

Say adieu 

For his Death Wish 

Has come true 

Michael Winner 

Made me some dinner 

But he died of a bad liver 

So now we’re not having liver 

Kenneth Kendall 

Read the news 

Now he’s in it. 

Way to lose. 

Kenneth Kendal 

Was not from Pendle 

He read news and shit 

But he wasn’t a witch. 

Ravi Shankar 

I’d like to thank ya 

For all the treats  

On Drummond Street. 

Never were his programmes shite, 

But now he’s in the Great Sky At Night. 

He hated girls and blacks and gays. 

But he wasn’t a paedo.  

Happy days. 

Who cares if you’re a xenophobe 

When you can play the xylophone? 

RIP Max Bygraves 

No longer just by graves. 

Monterey Pop was quite a frenzy 

Thanks to those like Scott McKenzie 

He brought joy to fans a-plenty. 

I hear the funeral’s on Wednesday. 

Many big films shown through a projector 

Had Tony Scott as their director 

He leapt off a bridge. I’ll tell you what - 

It’s not looking good for Selina Scott. 

He studied cosmic rays 

In the younger of his days 

But now it’s time to shovel 

Soil over Bernard Lovell. 

Another one of the BeeGees 

Has got the heebiejeebies. 

Donna Summer 

Oh dear what a bummer 

The disco dancer 

Dead. 

From cancer. 

Donna 

Is a goner. 

The man who wrote ’Play In A Day’ 

For Eric Clapton and Brian May 

And other greats stars 

Of the electric guitar 

Has sadly now vanished away. 

Jim Marshall 

Was rather partial 

To loud sounds 

But he’s not around. 

Davy Jones 

Wasn’t a junky 

But now he also 

Isn’t a Monkee. 

Davy Jones was fairly short,  

and he’s gone to meet his receiver,  

on the last train to Clarksville,  

goes the Day Dream Believer. 

Frank Carson 

Said ’It’s a cracker!’ 

But not any more 

Now he’s knackered. 

She had a problem.