OH Christmas tree once bright and cheery

Now so dull your colour gone

Now the house so cold and eerie

Can someone tell us what went wrong?

Where yesterday saw children play

With toys dropped fresh off Santa’s sleigh

Their happy smiles and laughter gone

Can someone tell us what went wrong?

The river could be held no more

It rushed through houses with a roar

Escape was quick they had not long

Can someone tell us what went wrong?

The river now back from whence it came

Time for us to start again

Houses empty possessions gone

Please please tell us what went wrong

What of the old

What of the young

This flood affected everyone

And still no one tells us what went wrong

The politicians come and go

The councillors round a table go

Then all together standing strong

To make sure no one knows

Just exactly what went wrong.

S Weston, Huntington Road, York