From The South I Rose Poem by Shirley Harrison

From the south I rose

I rose safe and sound

London is my home

I'm a Londoner and proud



bedsits verse the penthouse

same street address

whilst the tramp sleeps

in his cardboard home

down below

no such luxuries no home abode



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from the south I rose

I rose safe and sound

London is my home

I'm a Londoner and proud.



a million miles apart

vagabonds, a clown a yuppie

neighbors with no common ground

yet respect always found



[Chorus]

from the south I rose

I rose safe and sound

London is my home

I'm a Londoner and proud.



taxi's come taxi's go

the rain and streetlights all aglow

graffiti art, train lines loud

posh rooftop bars

and in the gutter, drunks drown



[Chorus]

from the south I rose

I rose safe and sound

London is my home

I'm a Londoner and proud.



pubs and karaoke

music and beer

live for football in some

as the hooligans cheer



[Chorus]

from the south I rose

I rose safe and sound

London is my home

I'm a Londoner and proud, proud, Proud