shyGirl
Jun 16, 2002, 01:20 PM
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0800beatles/0050news/page.cfm?objectid=11951728&method=full&siteid=50061
A POEM by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr could fetch thousands of pounds at this year's Beatle's Auction.
Though not exactly a poetic masterpiece, Ringo's scribbled words are likely to sell for at least £1,000 when they come up for sale in August.
The framed and authenticated ditty was written by Ringo alongside his name when he signed an autograph between 1962-3.
A spokesman for the Beatles Shop, which organises the Beatles For Sale extravaganza, confirmed the poem is a rare find which will attract plenty of interest.
He said: "The quality of the writing leaves a lot to be desired, but you must remember that he spent a lot of his youth in hospital so he missed out on a lot of formal education."
Ringo, who once came up with the song lyric "You were in a car crash and you lost your hair", is not the only Beatle to have dabbled in poetry.
Lennon's published in a collection of poems called In His Own Write and Macca recently wrote Blackbird Singing.
Ringo's words are unlikely to receive critical acclaim but they will have a large readership among buyers at McCartney's LIPA, where the auction is being held.
He wrote:
"Roses are Red violets are blue
When you go to sleep
You must go a boo boo
Your nose is red
Your cheeks are pink
Now your mummy's calling
Go help her at the sink"
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A POEM by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr could fetch thousands of pounds at this year's Beatle's Auction.
Though not exactly a poetic masterpiece, Ringo's scribbled words are likely to sell for at least £1,000 when they come up for sale in August.
The framed and authenticated ditty was written by Ringo alongside his name when he signed an autograph between 1962-3.
A spokesman for the Beatles Shop, which organises the Beatles For Sale extravaganza, confirmed the poem is a rare find which will attract plenty of interest.
He said: "The quality of the writing leaves a lot to be desired, but you must remember that he spent a lot of his youth in hospital so he missed out on a lot of formal education."
Ringo, who once came up with the song lyric "You were in a car crash and you lost your hair", is not the only Beatle to have dabbled in poetry.
Lennon's published in a collection of poems called In His Own Write and Macca recently wrote Blackbird Singing.
Ringo's words are unlikely to receive critical acclaim but they will have a large readership among buyers at McCartney's LIPA, where the auction is being held.
He wrote:
"Roses are Red violets are blue
When you go to sleep
You must go a boo boo
Your nose is red
Your cheeks are pink
Now your mummy's calling
Go help her at the sink"
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Song of the moment-Come Together
shyGirl's Hideout (http://www.geocities.com/smw15/index.html)