Neil & Lisa (The Happy Couple)

During my wedding service, we had a couple of readings, one of which was done by our nephew Nathan (aged 9), it was a little (well quite lengthy really for a 9 year old) poem about me and the wife meeting etc. Anyway, I thought I’d stick this on here as some people have asked to see it.

Lisa & Neil


They both met one evening, at a ro-mantic spot,
At the bar down in Banbury’s Chicago Rock.
But it took them a while before together they would be,
They waited until they were colleagues at the company CPB.

So the courtship had started for Lisa and Neil,
No time for the cinema or candle lit meal.
They soon moved in together as happy can be,
Six Marlborough Road over in Banbury.

After they’d been together for years, I think 3,
They bought a beautiful little house called the Boundary.
Living in Middleton Cheney was always the plan,
So they moved to Bowman’s Close opposite Lisa’s Nan.

Both sets of families met, and they got along grand,
The Southerners, the Jocks and the folk from Geordie land.
But Neil being a Geordie, my Granddad gives him Flack,
But it could have been a lot worse, Neil could have been … a Makem.

Over in Portugal the proposal question was popped,
And the way it was done, I don’t think could be topped.
By moon light on a cliff top, the view had the lot,
When Neil said to Lisa, “So, do you fancy marrying me or what?”

Soon into the engagement, the planning then begun,
And Lisa and her mum said “there’s shopping to be done”.
And to make a change, every Saturday without fail,
To shops in all directions, Lisa and her mum would trail.

Neil really wanted to go with them, to each shopping mall,
But he was too busy with business involving a foot and a ball.
But it’s all come together and this day will be the best,
After this Lisa and her mother deserve a good long rest. (With a bit of shopping thrown in).

So today is the day when the happy couple are wed,
And a fantastic couple they are too, it has to be said (can you tell Neil wrote this).
We’ve all gathered here to celebrate their wedding day,
That’s the end of my little story, only one more thing to say.

They are not only lovers, but they truly are best mates,
Meaning that their future together, bodes to be really great.
Becoming Mr & Mrs Townley-Williams, that will make it real,
So all the best of luck, to Aunty Lisa and Uncle Neil.

ntw