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A Sad Christmas Tale

Peter Goulding

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Christmas has a special glow,
There’s magic everywhere.
Robins warble in the snow
And carols fill the air.
But one young boy was sadder than
A bowl of misery,
The day an irate Dundalk fan
Destroyed his Christmas tree.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 A little elf had brought it to
The house in Merrion Square.
It rang the bell and right on cue
Young John was standing there.
Suspicious, aye and wary,
He had thanked the little elf.
Alas! He had no fairy,
So he sat on top himself.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Santa Claus came calling
To Nick Leeson and his band.
John Gill thought it appalling
That he’d favoured Terryland.
The mood had been unseasonal
Above in county Louth,
And words uncouth and treasonal
The Dundalk folk did mouthe.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 But far from angry peasants,
John was well in Christmas mode.
He dreamt of lovely presents
And a brand new Lansdowne Road.
But Christmas lights no longer shone
When, on an angry spree,
A Dundalk fan poured petrol on
His lovely Christmas tree.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The wicked act caused John to blanch.
It really spoiled his day.
Somebody called the Special Branch
To haul the chap away.
The tree, undressed, no longer shone
Within those stately walls.
Poor John was left to gaze upon
His petrol-smothered balls.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 So spare a thought this Christmastime
For one poor little boy,
The victim of a heinous crime,
A brutal, savage ploy.
He’ll hang his balls where’er he can
But still sobs bitterly,
Because an irate Dundalk fan
Destroyed his Christmas tree.

© Peter Goulding 13th December 2006

Notes

Fun and games in Dublin today, when an irate Dundalk fan burst into the headquarters of John Delaney’s FAI in Merrion Square, poured petrol over himself and the Christmas tree and threatened to set himself alight. Although Dundalk won a play-off against Premier Club Waterford, both were overlooked to join the new revamped Premier League in favour of third place Galway United, who somehow got in on their off-the-field activities. The Dundalk fan came quietly and there is a great photo doing the rounds of a policeman carrying the tree down the steps.

Editor’s note :

And for those not familiar with football in Ireland –
yes, that’s the same Nick Leeson of Barings Bank infamy, starting over in a new chapter of his life. Nick is involved with Galway United.

Clik

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-sad-christmas-tale/