Do you remember Jimmy, Jimmy The Ghost?
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Jesus! could that boy play; he was the most.
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Well, Tom Hafey saw him and said "Now James,
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If you apply yourself it'll be nothing but fame."
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And boy, did he slam in his very first game,
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When he put "Dubliners" to his name.
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Then against Hawthorn, Richmond were fast dying,
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He wrote "Ulysses" and saved us right on the siren.
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There was something timeless about how he'd break out of a scrimmage,
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And his use of the drop kick, and of symbol, and image.
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On a cold, wet day at the MCG, many a time
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Would Jimmy change the course of fiction in our time.
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Though many found him complex, strange and aloof,
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When he took a mark, the fans just hit the roof.
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And then he'd turn slowly around with the ball and he'd say
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"riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay."
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He played over 400 games though some said it was a mistake,
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Then he kept going up and on releasing "Finnegan's Wake."
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But I don't think so, 'cause now without him we're out of the five.
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So good on you, Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy! Eat 'Em Alive!
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(Jumpin’ Jivin’) Jimmy “The Ghost” Joyce
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| TISM |
