My Madeira.

                      My Madeira.

  I'll tell you what's on my mind, Mr facebook
 When are you going to learn that Madeira, Isn't in Portugal
 But part of Portugal, Let me tell you that Madeira is a small,
  Island in the middle of the Atlantic, it's a very beautiful Island,
 That's where the flowers grow, They call it The pearl of the Atlantic
 The floating gardens, don't you know.
 And that nectar, of the Gods.
 That everyone knows, it's called Madeira wine  
 A better nectar you won't find, anywhere I'll let you know
 From the town to the mountains, a better sight you won't see
 There's a vision of flowers, every which way you turn
 There's the bougainvillaea, covering every river and every wall you see
  It's a kaleidoscope of colour, the agapanthus birds of paradise
  Every flower under the sky's... the flowering trees, like the Hibiscus
  Oleander & Poinsettias everywhere, and many others too
  And the Acacia, Eucalyptus intermingling  with the Pine
  That scent's so heady, as we pass under a canopy of such trees
  Ahhh....we inhale deeply, fill our lungs with it's scent, this pure clean air
  Attacking our senses...as we pass under the waterfalls, over the roads.
  The panorama before you, the mountains high above the clouds
  Reaching for the sky, it's an awesome panorama, before one's very eyes
  The mountains high to the valleys down below...
  This is my Madeira...the land's of my father, his father's, father, before him
  My Madeira my mind my heart, my soul...
  So Mr facebook  won't you get your facts right...
  Yes Madeira belongs to Portugal
  But it's a little island in its own right ...
  So when you refer to Funchal Portugal..
  It's not, its Funchal Madeira....
  We're proud of our little "ISLAND". 
  Don't you know..

                 By Connie James