The pubs that move

Thepubs that move Sometimeswhen I've had a few, and just can't get my bearings,Iend up lost on some back street, under my breath I'm swearing,
I'msure it's here but now it's gone, I feel like such a loser,Standingblankly on the street coz someone's moved the boozer.
It'smust be here, it has to be, pubs simply cannot move,It'snot like something tiny or like something you can lose,
Butguess again in Manchester, where rules don't resonate,Wherethe pubs are known to up their sticks and sometimes relocate.
Iftrying to map a boozer then really heed advice,Cozthe Wellington and the Oyster bar have moved not once but twice,
Onethe oldest pub in town once from a Medieval Street,Butboth twice moved completely just like they'd both grown feet.
Forwhen they built the Arndale, to make the area neater,Theyhad to raise these boozers up by just over a meter,
Andthen again when the bomb went off in nineteen ninety six,Theyhad to lift those buildings up and move them both in bits.
Theyhad to move them brick by brick, each piece of timber, every tile,Itreally was a mammoth task and took them quite a while,
Theystood side by side for all those years but now form Shambles Square,Threehundred meters, up the road, winched up and through the air.
Sowhen you don't know which pub is where, don't take drunken gambles,Anddon't rule out the pubs that moved or the story of the Shambles,
Protectedmedieval history from an era long ago,Ifyou've never seen the Shambles then I suggest that you should go.
Butplease don't trust your instinct and get a map that's up to date,Cozif those pesky pubs have moved again you'll end up being late.
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