On Victory in Europe Day
On the eighth of May
1945
Amidst the happy
throng
Outside Buck House
He was joyfully
playing
“Roll out the Barrel”
On his trumpet
Whilst being
perambulated
In a wheelbarrow
And that was how
Lt Humphrey Lyttelton
Inadvertently gave his
First ever performance
On the BBC
And the live debut
rendition
To a sellout crowd
Survives to this day
On the BBC news reels
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