Learning To Read Again In this new school I could not hide, There was the need to have a guide, I did a test and saw a score, I’d never done this test before The teachers planned what I should do And this is what I’ll read to you A simple task for me was set, I had to write the alphabet Oh this is easy, so I thought Until I started , how I fought! Then teacher fixed my d’s and b’s And changed my twisted q’s and p’s Then made my “m” stand on its feet And”w” sit upon its seat “z” and “y” I’d quite forgot I thought I’d written the whole lot. I then had vowels long and short Again with these I fought and fought There were long a’s of every kind I had to keep them in my mind Ai, ay with sound the same A consonant e in the word game eigh as found neigh And this is what the horses say Long e I had to meet in greet I heard it in the meat I eat I saw it when I told the chief That I had just fought with a thief Then with long I I had to try L consonant e near made m
