ODE TO ALL HERE
SO MUCH!

Once more unto the speech, dear friends, once more
And sing in praise of the inaugural Renal Ball
Your humble guest salutes you all
Together with the Communications of Jango
And ne'er forget, it takes two to quango
Tonight we relax mid bunting and frolic
A phrase I dread after too much alcoholic
Intake -I hail all sponsors who sustain
Such functions as this -may I now make plain
Their names -good ROCHE and ORTHO-BIOTECH
SYNER-MED - they are ever at our beck
And call, SHIRE-PHARMA - that sounds like a trust rustic
BAXTER HEALTHCARE are here with us, tick
Them off -'VITALINE and then NOVARTIS
GENZYME, WYETHH why yes! My basic art is
To acknowledge and express my thanks
To AMGEN - and BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB join the ranks
And last, no means least -I brush a tear and dab, oh
My eye, with a joyful cry of SANOFI SYNTHELABO!
Onward and upward, higher and higher
I greet you, toast you, thank you, Barry Cryer

BARRY CRYER
The Renal Ball
6th September 2002