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I always felt like singin’ the Blues

Malcinblue

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It was the 11th of May down in Moss Side,
A day to remember for all blues with pride,
Certainly for me after fifty years,
A head full of Grey and a shed load of tears,
Bell, Lee and Summerbee back for a while,
To remind us of football played with a smile.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 All my memories and there are plenty,
Cup games, league games the ground half empty,
Stood with my mates on the open end terrace, (in the pissing rain)
Watching Joe Hayes, George Hannah and Denis the Menace,
This was our team, we’d never be without them,
They were my heroes especially Bert Trautmann.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Just to play for City was every boys dream,
Glyn Pardoe did it when he was fifteen,
Mike Doyle was our skipper and I was delighted,
The lad from Stockport always hated Uni£ed,
And when we played them Allison would scream,
Stuff the reds we’re Manchester’s top team. (just like this season)

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 But top of the pile was Nijinsky – Colin Bell,
Rodney Marsh was up there as well,
Roy Paul, Ken Barnes, Bill Lievers and David Shawcross,
And players like Tony Coleman who didn’t give a toss, (and Stanley Bowles)
Neil Young, Dave Wagtaffe, Alex Harley and Matt Gray,
Tony Book, Dave Connor I could go on all day.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The ground has all changed now, nothings the same,
My friends all tell me it’s a different game,
An arm and a leg for a seat in the ground,
And a cup of oxo costs well over a pound,
But it’s a sad old day ‘cos we can’t come any more,
So will the last one out please drop the latch on the door!!!
See you at Eastlands

© Malc Hough

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/i-always-felt-like-singin-the-blues/