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Enough to Make Thee Drink, Sam

Christopher T. George

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 You seem a stalwart chap, Sam,
on that we’d be first to own,
the sort of bloke we’d meet at pub
and treat to a pint of brown.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Sam, you’re as solid as Bolton
you’ve managed to renown;
your name, too, Sam Allardyce,
solid, nice, it’s yours, not a loan.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Ah, but Sam, lad, I hear tell
you want to institute a ban
to stop your lads tippling,
down to every single man.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 No more ale, whisky, or gin;
all out, according to your plan
intended to assist the team to win.
It’s funny then how things ran

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 in the FA Cup quarter bout,
with Arsenal: nondrinking
striker El Haj Diouf turfed out
for arguing a call ungiven,

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 a penalty he cried, you see!
then the scuffle broke out,
their goalie struck by Dioufy
–Sam’s dream’s up the spout!

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Enough to make thee drink, Sam.
Bartender, make it drinks all round,
a pint of brown, a half of bitter, though
Freddie scored one, he missed a sitter!

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Christopher T. George

© Christopher T. George

Notes

“Allardyce would drink to booze ban”
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=326816&cc=5739

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/enough-to-make-thee-drink-sam/