He was born in Luton Bedfordshire
\nAnd is Fifty years of age
\nLived with his girl friend
\nAnd three lovely children
\nIn Tipi Valley West Wales
\nJust a page
\nIn a yurt
\nIf you like A practical stance
\nHis moral fibre high
\nHe had a sense of honour
\nThe environment was why<\/p>\n
He lived closer to Nature
\nHe respected that life more
\nHe an eco Warrior
\nWith a single-hearted store
\nOf incorruptibility
\nUnstained in so many ways
\nLiving close to Nature
\nFair-dealing all his days.<\/p>\n
For him a restoration
\nOf belief his system was
\nFrom the heart his benediction
\nHis blessing was because
\nThe machinations of Government
\nThe tearing down of trees
\nThe extension of runways
\nAnd train tracks
\nFor him was a disease<\/p>\n
The Forestry Commission
\nWas where he laid his soul
\nTrees those oxygenators
\nAwestruck by their role
\nHow could honest arborists
\nBe paid to rip and tear
\nTo grind and saw and chop
\nWhats more
\nhow can that be fair<\/p>\n
He set out
\nHis vast stall of good
\nA marathon runner He
\nThat lonely world of the utmost
\nAll those miles his key
\nTo reverence and performance
\nRespect of the living wild
\nHe has that sense of duty
\nHis principles reconciled.<\/p>\n
A thankfulness of Natural life
\nWas appreciative his feelings
\nOf compassion and forbearance
\nThere were so many ceilings
\nResentment mischief makers
\nA kind of eco missionary
\nNot one of the takers
\nTruly patriotic
\nEnlightened and altruistic
\nWell meant and well intentioned
\nAnd honestly synergistic<\/p>\n
HS2 the Fairmile Protest
\nRoad schemes Newbury
\nThe tunnels Swampy\u2019s dedication
\nBrought his honest fury
\nEven David Cameron\u2019s mother
\nAs magistrate appeared
\nTo sanction him
\nNo one ever truly had he feared<\/p>\n
\u201cDigging Down\u201d a protest song
\nAbout the Fairmile\u201d scheme
\nHe truly is a warrior
\nFor good
\nSome clearly seem
\nTo think that those who
\nHave beliefs
\ndifferent from the state
\nThe established social order
\nMust live with their own fate<\/p>\n
Humanity needs chivalry
\nAction and a force
\nA kind of crusader
\nDirectly from the source
\nThe forestry, the countryside
\nThe freedom of the wild
\nWhat is true philanthropy
\nThat benefits the child<\/p>\n
Exuberance and richness
\nOf the countryside around
\nThe fervour of posterity
\nGreat zest within the ground
\nFertility and vigour
\nActivities like these
\nJones Hill Wood
\nWendover Tunnel
\nDaniel was all about
\nEmbracing the Natural World
\nWhere he had little doubt<\/p>\n
A visitant upon this Earth
\nA nomad of a kind
\nA minstrel and a seeker
\nNeeding to leave behind
\nAn odyssey of journeying
\nA knight yes if you will
\nWith a pure direction
\nOn what is his noble skill <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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