What’s in a name of a street near to you in this town?
In Southgate seventeen occupations are renowned
There’s a baker, but no butcher or candlestick maker
The closest being a chandler, and not a muck raker
Loriners produced all sorts of items to fit on horses
Saddlers provided the means to ride them over courses
The smith gave the horse shoes to prevent it being lame
A hunter rode out on the trail of deer or maybe even game
The fletcher gave him arrows to help him with the kill
The wainwrights built carts for the successful kills to fill
The fisher added fish to make the villagers feel full
And the shepherd watched his flock so they’d provide wool
A brewer converted crops to beer to help memories fade
It was put in to large barrels that the cooper had made
Atop an early house did a thatcher put a roof upon
And straw was a good roof until a tyler came along
The mason didn’t mind what material made the roof coverings
His stone trumped the forester for erecting new buildings
And the collier provided coal to heat up everyone’s home
Look out for all these workers on signs wherever you roam
By Kev Neylon
