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Gerald Bostock (born circa 1964) is the fictional author of the poem used as the lyrics
Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, either by speaking or singing. The word 'lyric' comes from the Greek word ,lyricos, meaning "singing to the lyre"....
 for the 1972 Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
 album Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick

Thick as a Brick is a concept album by the British rock and roll band Jethro Tull . This was their first album featuring new drummer Barriemore Barlow....
. The album cover is designed to look like a small village newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
, the St. Cleve Chronicle & Linwell Advertiser. The front page story describes how eight-year-old Gerald, nicknamed "Little Milton
John Milton

John Milton II was an English poet, author, polemicist and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his Epic poetry Paradise Lost and for his treatise condemning censorship, Areopagitica....
", received an award for his poem, but the award was revoked after he used the word "g__r" during a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 broadcast.






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Gerald Bostock (born circa 1964) is the fictional author of the poem used as the lyrics
Lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, either by speaking or singing. The word 'lyric' comes from the Greek word ,lyricos, meaning "singing to the lyre"....
 for the 1972 Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)

Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....
 album Thick as a Brick
Thick as a Brick

Thick as a Brick is a concept album by the British rock and roll band Jethro Tull . This was their first album featuring new drummer Barriemore Barlow....
. The album cover is designed to look like a small village newspaper
Newspaper

A newspaper is a publication containing news, information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on Politics, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports....
, the St. Cleve Chronicle & Linwell Advertiser. The front page story describes how eight-year-old Gerald, nicknamed "Little Milton
John Milton

John Milton II was an English poet, author, polemicist and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his Epic poetry Paradise Lost and for his treatise condemning censorship, Areopagitica....
", received an award for his poem, but the award was revoked after he used the word "g__r" during a television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 broadcast. The paper also presents "Bostock's" poem in its entirety and notes that Jethro Tull has decided to use the poem as the centerpiece of their new album (also reviewed in the paper).

On the inside cover of the LP (Page 1 of the newspaper) there is an article entitled 'Little Milton in schoolgirl pregnancy row' which talks about a 14 year old girl named Julia Fealey (pictured on the front cover to Gerald's right) who blames her pregnancy on Gerald Bostock. The report continues stating that her doctor claims that the girl "was obviously lying to protect the real father."

Both Gerald Bostock and the poem were purely the inventions of Ian Anderson
Ian Anderson (musician)

Ian Scott Anderson, Order of the British Empire is a Scotland singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the head of British rock and roll band Jethro Tull ....
 and the band, the blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 musician Little Milton
Little Milton

Milton "Little Milton" Campbell, Jr. was a blues and Soul music vocalist and guitarist best known for his hits "Grits Ain't Groceries" and "We're Gonna Make It." Most popular in 1960s, he became one of the lesser known greats of the genre, combining traditional lyrical structure with smoother production....
 notwithstanding.

The child model who portrayed Gerald Bostock was André C. Le Breton from the Elizabeth Smith Agency; he also appeared in European TV commercials in the early 1970s, and modelled for Freemans clothing catalogues and Russelda knitwear amongst others. Currently he is a music producer and has directed films for bands such as Crass Agenda
Last Amendment

Last Amendment is the working title of a series of collaborations by ex-members of the anarchist punk rock band Crass and others. Although Crass formally split up in 1984, Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, Eve Libertine, Steve Ignorant, Andy Palmer and Pete Wright came together in November 2002 to put on a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hal...
 under the Le Chaos Factory monicker.

Many fans have speculated as to what word "g__r" represents, with "goer" being the most-favored candidate, or "gear"--gentle British (and Atlantic Canadian) slang for genitalia, especially that of men and boys

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