Sir Cliff Richard

The Young Ones
by: Sir Cliff Richard

The young ones

Darling, we're the young ones

And the young ones

Should'nt be afraid

To live, love

While the flames is strong

For we may not be

The young Ones very long

Tomorrow

Why wait untill tomorrow

'cos tomorrow

Sometimes never comes

So love me

There's a song to be sung

And the best time

Is to sing while we're young

Once in every lifetime

Comes a love like this

I need you

You trust me

Oh, my darling, can't you see

That young dreams together

And young heart

Should'nt be afraid

And some day

When the years have flown

Darling then we'll teach

The young one of our own

Once in every lifetime

Come, a love like this

I need you

You need me

Oh, my darling, can't you see

That young dreams together

And young hearts

Should'nt be afraid

And some day

When the years have flown

Darlng, then we'll teach

The young one of our own

I used to wait for listening to Cliff Richard's song-The Young Ones in the year late 1960s when I was a High School student in Batu Pahat. At that time, I was staying with my uncle and aunt. My eldest cousin, Ow Peng was a England Kirby Teacher College trained teacher. They all treated me and my youngest brother, Au Teck well. With all the free foods and lodging, we were quite happy.

Ow Peng has two brothers and two sisters. His second brother Woo Kwang was a popular hit-song singers crazy fan. He always stayed out late every night and he always turned a deaf to his parents' lectures and his elder brother's advices. He always puts on fancy clothing with Elvis Presley hair-style.Whenever he goes he brings along a guitar. At that time he dropped out of Independent Chinese High School and continued his studies in Charleston Private English School.That was the time his behaviour became worse.

Ow Peng's youngest brother, Woo Lip was my peer-group. We always argued over small matter,

such as religious rites , popular songs or actor and actresses . But we got together and listened very attentively to radio broadcasting, especially our favourite hits is on air. We followed the lyrics and sang along "The Young Ones", " Summer Holidays","Summer Kisses Winter Tears", "Seals with a Kiss" etcetera. Everytime, my aunt scolded us for being so crazy singing and shouting all over the kitchen, where the old radio was placed on the cupboard. But my kind aunt never showed us her temper, she just like to grumble only.

That was the time, I learned my English from all my eldest cousin and her wife,Irene, especially the perfect English pronunciations and phonetic. At home when we were having dinner they conversed in English language and as I listened I learned by heart, sometimes I checked out dictionary for vocabularies. That was a golden opportunity for me to buck up my English.

I really grateful to all of them, who had contributed their good deeds either directly or indirectly for my well being,which I appreciate from the bottom of my heart.

For Sir Cliff Richard, although I did not attend The Concert in Genting Highlang Hotel, because I could not afford to buy the tickect, but I really appreciate his kind contribution for raising 50,000 pounds for research into Alzheimer's disease to be carried out by doctors of Newcastle University in United Kingdom.

Sir Cliff Richard ,who was borned in 1940, still stays single. He started his career as a pop star when he was 18. He and his chums tried to save their youth club from destruction by an unscrupulous property developer. His courage and decisive action won him familiarity, fame,and popularity .Unfortunately, his mother lost her life to the dementia disease. So he became the patron of the charity, and his pop star's BBC lifetime appeal last month for the Alzheimer's Research Trust resulted in more than one thousand making donation.

Although Sir Cliff Richard no more a young man, but he still active and invigorating in singing and performance on stage. My adoration for Cliff Richard is in a spirit of emulation. Hoping that all the younger generation will be open and enlighten their mind.