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It was the new school dentist Who came on the scene unseen, And Form Masters mustered their subjects In blazers of 'Salvo' green; Wide were their eyes as the mouths of sacks And their cheeks as white as snow, As they silently stood with pensive necks And awaited the call to “Go” |
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Firmly they grasped their papers white And nervously stood in rows, Then one by one passed out of sight Each following a fear tipped nose. No groans from the chamber came, no cries No yelps from the dentists chair, Each one stood in wild surmise Each head with its upright hair. |
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"Open up wide" said the man in white, "This hurts me more than you" And into their mouths shone a blazing light And their tonsils were there to view. And, oh, the effects of sweets and cakes And toffees and macaroons And crunchy bars and chocolate flakes And jam heaped up on spoons. |
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The dental line stood all erect Like guardsmen on parade Or sailors on a cruiser's deck In best white ducks arrayed. But this was a line all battle scarred By confectionery tanks, The silver white enamel marred Throughout the serried ranks. |
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Slowly the white clad dentist spoke And his voice was the voice of doom And even the bravest spirit broke Outside the extraction room. "This molar here we'll have to fill, That incisor must come out; The wisdom teeth will need the drill, The gums a scrubbing out." |
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Bowed were their heads as they heard him say In dentrifistic terms – These teeth will have to be taken away They are a breeding place for germs; Apples and raisins, nuts and fruit A grated carrot or two; These are the only 'sweets' that suit And will save your teeth for you". |
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(Now at the Tuck Shop they're wasting their wealth - They can get a false set on the National Health.) |
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