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Bestie’s best

Fintan McErlean

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 ‘Twas a time when the sixties could not fade
Stones were Rolling on the hit parade

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 English football, it was healthy
Honest players, few were wealthy

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 A young man barely seventeen
Would enter this English football scene

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 A homesick kid from East Belfast
Was thrust among an all-star cast

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The greats of United would be influential
As right away they saw his potential

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 When Busby unleashed him on the wing
The crowd beheld a wondrous thing

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 A drop of the shoulder, a change of pace
A flick of his boot would create some space

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 An entertainer, there was no doubt
The Belfast Beatle would twist and shout

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Opponents were rendered slow as molasses
Tortured defenders were left on their asses

10 Leave a comment on verse 10 0 One day as Forest were tied in Notts
He beat men twice and called the shots

11 Leave a comment on verse 11 0 Two great feet and good in the air
Shirt untucked and long black hair

12 Leave a comment on verse 12 0 The hard-men tried to scythe him down
But George would rarely go to ground

13 Leave a comment on verse 13 0 Europe ’68 – a successful mission
Player of Europe – confirmed recognition

14 Leave a comment on verse 14 0 His short career may have been misguided
But in that time, so much he provided

15 Leave a comment on verse 15 0 He did have his demons, we know full well
But on the pitch he could weave his spell

16 Leave a comment on verse 16 0 Kids worldwide both rich & poor
Were inspired by his skill so pure

17 Leave a comment on verse 17 0 With Charlton & Law he formed the Trinity
They’ll Best be remembered beyond infinity

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/besties-best/