‘This is your Captain speaking’ br The voice ground out with gravity. br I suddenly sat up straight in my seat br To hear what was the calamity! br Yes, we had ascended successfully, br Levelled off and headed for London- br But we seemed to be lacking in thrust br So my feelings were somewhat deflated. br ‘We have been told by Shannon control br That a hatch has been left open’ br Oh Lord our God I said ‘What? ’ br And he added ‘There’s no safety risk br At all and we are returning to Shannon’. br As he turned around there wasn’t a sound br Nor a sight of our pretty hostesses. br br I thought of the news at five seven live br And cast the bad thought from my mind; br After all of this crisis without any crash br We had our hatch shut up in Shannon. br br Beside me sat a young businessman, br With a hint of a beard of maturity, br Who had been asleep quite oblivious; br But on the second time round br He awoke back on the ground br And I told him of all that had happened.