From the late Dave Bowles’ collection of London Fleet Street compositors items comes this song.\u00a0Sent in by his son John, the song refers to production of the Sunday Telegraph.<\/p>\n
Sung to the tune of “I Did It My Way.”<\/p>\n
Today \u2013 I did page three,
\nPage four and five \u2013 and then page seven;
\nAnd then \u2013 I did page two,
\nThe close-up too, then page eleven;
\nThe smalls and adverts too,
\nI’d pushed all through,
\nBy four on Friday;
\nAnd so \u2013 I did them all,
\nAnd did it my way.<\/p>\n
As God’s my judge \u2013 I did the fudge,
\nPage one and back \u2013 all on my ‘jack’
\nI did the Leader page and then,
\nNipped out to do \u2013 eight, nine and ten;
\nAnd so you see \u2013 I did them all,
\nAnd did it my way.<\/p>\n
I then \u2013 cleared up the sport,
\nThen went to do \u2013 the overmatter;
\nA chap \u2013 just jogged my arm,
\nI dropped the lot \u2013 with such a clatter;
\nThey all \u2013 came round to look,
\nAnd said to me \u2013 “What is the matter?”
\nI said \u2013 “It’s plain to see
\nI did it my way.”<\/p>\n
From stone to stone \u2013 all on my own,
\nDid quite a few \u2013 corrections too;
\nThen I made up \u2013 the radio,
\nI’m trying to get \u2013 an early go;
\nAnd so I did the bloody lot,
\nAnd did it my way.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"