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August 2, 2015
The undisputed Queen of Liverpool,
who won our hearts in sixty three,
Has been suddenly taken from us,
without any reason, we can see.
To her fans she was simply ‘Our Cilla’
Changing her surname from white to black.
Her first single , ‘Love of the loved’ ;
showing she was on the right track.
In 64, three more songs followed,
2 of which reached number one;
‘Anyone who had a heart’ and ‘You’re my world’,
being the ones ‘It’s for you’ outshone.
Next came ‘You’ve lost that loving feeling’
reaching number two in 65’
proving Cilla was here to stay,
and with Bobby by her side, would thrive.
But ‘Alfie’ always the one,
to give us an emotional fix,
spent nine weeks in the charts,
in nineteen sixty six.
In 68 ‘Step inside Love’,
saw Cilla back in the top ten,
And in 69 with ‘Surround yourself with sorrow,
she went and did it again.
In 1971 ‘Something tells me –
(something is gonna happen tonight’),
was in the charts at number 3,
and Cilla’s career still doing alright.
Our Darling of Music and Television,
who gave of herself, so much,
with Surprise, Surprise and also Blind Date,
showed her warmth, and her common touch.
Whatever Cilla turned her hand to,
she gave it one hundred per cent.
Her natural ability making it look easy;
she was loved wherever she went.
So now she is re-united with her Bobby,
and John & George, & Brian, wherever they are.
As all of her fan-base world wide,
say a fond farewell to this fab ‘Superstar’.
Written by Harriet Blackbury
especially for LDOK.net (Tonys Time Machine)
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