The Flogging of Nobby Bruce
by Dougie
a true account from boarding school Whangarei Boys High 1960
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t'was the year of sixty at our Carruth*
quad years had so been spent
we lads were learned
School Cert tucked safe by our bent
now the world of men-nail and tooth
years of discipline us lads had made
Masters prefects no compunction
now hold your knees
expose your butt in tough submission
wack wack wack- Butch Scrat Spade*
Seldom from the straight and narrow
did we wander or make the fool
but some of course
found ways to show their individual
lovely maids-Lupton* girls-sweet tango
young Nobby Bruce we never knew
said he didn't and we believed
but if he did then
we were envious and rather pleased
getting laid at that age was-- ooh!
our Headmaster-we called him Pin
to his ear this did come you see
Nobby come here--
now is this all true I think it might be
Sir it is not--I am innocent within
young Nobby was told that he may
a caning before his mates so hard
or expulsion--shame
I will take the cane Sir you bastard
line me up do your best--I will stay
all us lads-Crocket Tulip Cutty Crane
Lightning Noc Bushman and Der
but to name a few
to the prep hall were told to gather
Nobby was to be given the cane
Pin his narrow eyes and chinless lack
stood before us with Nobby's bravery
raised his cane-
with vicious power and slicing savagery
exacted his revenge upon Nobby's back
Nobby-the lad he was- never flinched
while the mandatory six were lined
nerry showed the pain
then did straighten his welted hind
as every lad watched shared winced
now Pin with glee had watched for pain
but in vain-Aha come you gutless pest
was Pin's response
he had laid the cane to his darndest
can't take it? touch your knees again
every lad including Nobby-did but cry
because always six was six then you go
and that was that
what was happening we did not know
could Pin have become our Captain Blye
was it a quiet whisper-reconsideration?
a Prefect a Master? stopped the lie
Pin stepped back
our galant lad straighted--eye to eye
his inner scream 'done-now send me on'
in later years we just wonder why
child abuse and dogooders expect
Nobby's spirit
hard discipline behaviour and respect
outrage we all did feel but not revolt
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Carruth -- boys boarding school
Butch Scrat Spade -- Masters
Lupton -- girls boarding school
© 2016 dougie
d.drafty@gmail.com
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