Disaster at Wash Brook

'Twas in the year 2014 Winter had not set in
The Conington hall shoot did begin
To cross wash brook by new barns farm
This was achieved with little harm
Under the command of shoot captain wright A hero bold,
And an honour to his queen and country be it told
While the Conington guns most firmly stood
Around the farm, and stretched to the wood
The beaters never flinched but crossed deliverance land fearlessly
And all at once the silence was broken by musketry
In the centre stood Fordham of the high street
A man of statue and most complete
On the left the gallant yeoman john more
Dispatched a partridge to the floor
On the right the Welshman howl most profound
Was sending birds to the ground
But Fordham watched a bird along the wood
While a covey flew overhead where he stood
He turned and watched them with dismay
When another covey flew over with a sense of play.
When the horn was sounded finally at last
The poor Fordham felt very down cast
Captain wright appeared to all a little on edge
My fault I placed him too close to the hedge.

Nicholas Wright