Honesty & Lyallty
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for honesty and loyalty
with diginity and pride
what more can club or fan demand
from one who’s steered your side?
¶ 2
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John Lyall was the business
and I can see those tears
shedding down at Upton Park
his home for all those years
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from ‘old school’ to golden rule
for three decades and more
the fifties to the eighties
he left his mark for sure
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I always loved his hairstyle too
that throwback swept aplomb
his calmness on the touchline
he learnt from old King Ron*
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another master leaves us
another talent goes
another age another page
that’s football I suppose
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but honesty and loyalty
such diginity and pride
what more can club or fan demand
from one who’s steered your side?
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