{"id":476,"date":"2013-07-14T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=476"},"modified":"2015-01-18T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T16:23:10","slug":"january-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=476","title":{"rendered":"January Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by\u00a0Dave Goulder.\u00a0 At the start of every year, Cliff performs this introspective ballad.\u00a0 The house usuaully simmers down for songs such as these when Cliff presents them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh the January man he walks abroad in woolen coat and boots of\u00a0leather.<br \/>\nThe February man still wipes the snow from off his hair and blows his hand.<br \/>\nThe man of March he sees the Spring and wonders what the year will bring,<br \/>\nAnd hopes for better weather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*<\/p>\n<p>Through April rain the man goes down to watch the birds come in<br \/>\nto share the summer.<br \/>\nThe man of May stands very still watching the children dance away<br \/>\nthe day.<br \/>\nIn June the man inside the man is young and wants to lend a hand,<br \/>\nAnd grins at each new comer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*<\/p>\n<p>And in July the man in cotton shirts he sits and thinks on being idle.<br \/>\nThe August man in thousands take the road and watch the sea and find the sun.<br \/>\nSeptember man is standing near to saddle up and lead the year,<br \/>\nAnd Autumn is his bridle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*<\/p>\n<p>The man of new October takes the reins and early frost is on his shoulder.<br \/>\nThe poor November man sees fire and wind and mist and rain and winter air.<br \/>\nDecember man looks through the snow to let eleven brothers know<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re all a little older.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">*<\/p>\n<p>And the January man comes round again in woolen coat and boots of leather,<br \/>\nTo take another turn and walk along the icy road he knows so well.<br \/>\nThe January man is here for starting each and every year<br \/>\nAlong the way for ever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by\u00a0Dave Goulder.\u00a0 At the start of every year, Cliff performs this introspective ballad.\u00a0 The house usuaully simmers down for songs such as these when Cliff presents them. &nbsp; Oh the January man he walks abroad in woolen coat and boots of\u00a0leather. The February man still wipes the snow from off his hair and blows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3133,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/476\/revisions\/3133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}