The Cover Supervisor

"Bold Roger was a teacher who lived in Lowestoft,
Next door his friend, let’s call him Dave,
Worked in a shop which sold those tools
Which people buy do do odd jobs
That don’t get done and so the tools,
Are stored up in the loft.

Young Dave he thought he’d like a change, to have an easier day,
“Work in a school,” the advert said,
“You need no stifficates to be
A person in the classroom who
Does everything a teacher does,
For only half the pay.”

For Roger it was quite a shock to face the lack of work,
“This agreement,” the union said.
Will make your week much easier
With time to plan and meet and mark
And keep your paperwork quite neat,”
He fell for it, the Berk.

So Roger had an easy week and then an easy term,
Quite soon it was an easy year,
For once a fortnight all he did
Was sign his name upon a form
To say that he had done no work,
His status to confirm.

And so upon that fateful day an advert did appear,
For that same shop where Dave once worked,
Now had a need for someone who
Could sell the tools for DIY
And bedding plants and garden gnomes,
He took it with a tear.

Dave was an (almost) teacher who lived in Lowestoft,
Roger, his friend, who lived next door,
Worked in a shop which sold those tools,
Which people buy do do odd jobs,
That don’t get done and so the tools,
Are stored up in the loft."