The Swaffham Crier Online

If Marmite be the Food of Love - Yeuch!

Give me friendship, give me love

And we'll be like hand and glove;

All is made in heaven above,

- But MARMITE sandwiches.

 

Give me honour all your life

And I'll make you my dear wife;

Give me butter on my knife,

- But no MARMITE sandwiches.

 

Give me tender loving care

And my life with you I'll share;

Give me reasonable fare,

- But no MARMITE sandwiches.

 

Keep your cool when I get hot

And though it may not be a lot,

Give me everything you've got;

- But no MARMITE sandwiches.

 

Buy the clothes you like to wear

Keep the highlights in your hair;

But never give me, if you dare,

- MARMITE sandwiches.

 

Give me breakfast, give me lunch

And I'll call you "Honeybunch".

Feed me; anything I'll munch,

- But MARMITE sandwiches.

 

Give me dinner, give me tea

And I'll sit you on my knee;

Only listen to my plea,

- No MARMITE sandwiches.

 

And, when you and I get old

And begin to feel the cold;

Just keep doing what you're told

- NO MARMITE SANDWICHES!!

Ophir

Postscript:- Ophir sent a copy of this to Unilever Bestfoods UK (Marmite Marketing) last year and received a letter of recognition, saying that they had passed it to their publicity department. The subsequent TV advertisement used the idea, sustaining the love/hate theme.