Armstrongs Butcher Shop

Armstrongs Butcher’ Shop 

By Paul McCann

Walking into Armstrongs butchers

as a child gave me a strange feeling

with the butchers holding knives

and cattle halves hanging from the ceiling .

They were always friendly and shared a joke

 with all the folk in the shop

but all the while all I could do

was stare at all the cows hanging up .

Then I wondered how they got up there ,

hanging one by one all in a row .

Everyone who came in there ,

were able to see Armstrongs dead meat show .

I used to think ,

how could anybody carry that cow home with them ,

they looked so heavy and to carry

 it would take half a dozen men .

Then I realised

all the butchers who worked in there

were called Armstrong .

That’s how the cows got hung up

and delivered ,

 in the town I came from .

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