Ronnie & Johnny – Ready To Go

Ronnie started writing poems as a teenager and continued during her student nursing days and early married life.

This song came from one of those poems inspired by a combination of characters nursed by Ronnie in different settings over the years. This includes the old Lowson House at RBH and the now Greenslopes Hospital which was a war veterans’ hospital. In fact, Ronnie’s father had been hospitalised there during WW11, and Ronnie worked there after having her children. In those days the vets were taken to see specialists in town in a commonwealth car, and this was a real event.

Ronnie had a lot to do with old returned soldiers throughout her life in the course of her work and through the many family members involved in the armed forces.

This song is a tribute to them.