Eternal clerking

Eternal clerking Lyrics

Do come in,
Please close the door,
Thankyou,
Tell me what’s been the problem.
How long has this been for?
Does it feel the same?
Is there any bleeding?
With this burning, or just internal pain?

Does it spread, to your back?
Does it, sometimes wake you from sleeping?
Are your motions black?
Are you passing blood?
Is it on the paper,
Or mixed in with it?
Just when did it start?

How long ago?
Tell me do you smoke?
Take any medication?
Have you ever had a stroke?
Have you had rheumatic fever?
No? Funny that.

Close your eyes,
Give me your hands,
Say ‘ah’,
I’ll listen to your heart beating.
Please say ‘ninety-nine’, ‘ninety-nine’, ‘ninety-nine’!
You look a bit anaemic.
Now here’s some questions, we ask everyone…

Say your name,
What’s the date today?
When did World War 1 start?
What’s the current monarch’s name?
Can you take seven from a hundred?
Again! Again! Again! Again!

Now what’s the address I asked you to remember?
Just sit back,
Let me lie you flat,
Tell me if I hurt you,
And I’m sorry but after that,
I need to pop a gentle finger in…
Uh hum…

Dry your eyes,
Give me your hand, madam,
Kindly stop with your weeping,
You must understand,
That we really need
To investigate you
‘Cos you have got an intestinal bleed…