The age of the bicycle is a surprise
Yet will the buyer see it in the same light
Does an object which has seen little or no use
Retain any other value than its age denotes
And if the screw should fit, when you are told it won’t
Is it simply defiance, or stubbornness which makes you try
Never to be defeated; was that, or is that your motto
And if anyone should ask, you won’t show off now, will you
We did take the bicycles to Scotland
To Fife, Anstruther to be particularly precise
We rode them on the coast roads, by the fields of gold
We also took them to the Hebrides, to ride in sunshine and rain
