Purchased a white organ for the All Hallows Church

In homage to the Emperor Hadrian

Quite why then did this was quite often questioned

And it was this subject that Caron and I discussed quietly

As we strolled around an empty church

Not far from the River Thames

Maybe it was their love of Twickenham or maybe of Christopher Wren

Or maybe they just loved the hinterlands and the damp dark river shore

It was during our deliberations that we noticed an angel

Near to the decorated door

She was beckoning us with her delicate hand

A gibbon awaits

A gibbon tall and pure

She pulled back a dusty drape and revealed a grinning primate

Why did you purchase the organ white?

I asked whilst shaking its hairy hand

We purchased the organ because of the Twickenham Bridge

The Chertsey Road and the Twickenham Bridge

The homage was but a gentle whim

Dreamt up by our elders

For it was the suburbs we all loved

And this was the reason we installed the white organ high above our heads

As Caron and I looked up we began to laugh with the cherubs and angels too

Indeed there was not a dry eye to be found that day

But the greatest amusement was reserved for the gibbons

The Gibbons of Lombard Street