A modern-day R'n'J....

A Modern-day Romeo and Juliet.....

The Finnertys and Flahertys, have been daggers drawn for generations,
Since young Molly Finnerty, said no to Tom Flaherty at the church,
She wasn't really sure, but she plunged the families into all-out war,
But she knew what she was doing when she left him in the lurch,

The Finnertys and Flahertys, hate each other with a vengeance,
So alike, so different, feuding over imagined slights,
They came to England, differences were not forgotten,
The men glared at each other over many building sites...

And the bad blood festered and the bad blood rankled,
Generations heard the same old tales,
With a different slant from either side,
Hate your neighbour when all else fails.....

And the Finnertys settled in Newton-le-Willows,
And the Flahertys sailed in Leigh,
Only five miles away as the crow flies,
But worlds away from trying to agee.....

And then 200 years after the original incident,
Paul Finnerty fell in love with Marie,
His parents said well this can't go on,
You can't be seeing a Flaherty........

And the bad blood festered and the bad blood rankled,
Generations heard the same old tales,
With a different slant from either side,
Hate your neighbour when all else fails.....

But Paul and Marie had other ideas,
They were young and in love, and they didn't care,
And they set a date, and they bought the rings,
And the families had to pretend to care.....

And the families got together at the wedding,
And the differences were laid aside,
And both families toasted the groom,
And both families toasted the bride......

Much beer was consumed, old threats were forgotten,
The families got on like a house on fire,
Jigs and reels and "Whiskey In The Jar"
No-one called anyone a liar

And the Finnertys and Flahertys are now close friends,
And the invitations are manifold,
And the families are now ascloseasthis,
And the sons and daughter's don't need to be told,

That the bad blood festered and the bad blood rankled,
Generations heard the same old tales,
With a different slant from either side,
Hate your neighbour when all else fails.....

Now the bad blood's ended, the vendeta's mended,
And the families are as close as you get,
And Paul and Marie, as happy as can be,
A modern day, Romeo and Juliet.....
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This is kind of based on my family, two lots of Irish antecedents, two families at war for years until a certain wedding,,,,pity I didn't have room for the fight scenes.....

:D :D :D

Vic