I thought Sounds readers might be interested in this poem from the Campion School Magazine by D. McManus, alias Elvis Costello.
If you print this letter, it will prove to certain people (I think they'll know who they are) that Elvis Costello did attend the school at which my dad teaches. - Sandra Milne, Burscough, Lancs.
THE CAMPION
No. 1 July, 1971
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor J. McAllister
A. Byrne B. Dahill
S. Jordan P. McVeigh
B. Welsh A. Evans
A. Campbell D. McManus
T. Tremarco H. George
If you want to be the King,
Lying on a bed of gold
Take the sceptre of the old,
Take the sword and wear the crown
You're in your robes and on the stairway,
Looking down.
If you want to be the priest.
Preaching to the multitude,
Carve the symbols there so crude
But choke the collar at your throat,
You'll not be telling why you're wearing
Such a coloured coat.
If you feel there is a place
If you feel it's in a man
To be to fellow-mortals grand
This may still your path disrupt
Remember: when forsaking all your titles,
You're on the stairway, going up.
D. McManus (Lower sixth)
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