Billy The Humble Champion

When Billy Coleman won his second circuit of Ireland rally What year it was offhand I do not know? It was either the latter seventies or the early eighties On looking back it seems so long ago. He was the Irish champion rally driver And he brought great honour to Millstreet Town But a lot of days and weeks and years have passed on Since Billy drove to glory and renown. Back then the champion Irish rally driver With the best in the World he did compete When Billy Coleman took part in a rally The experts had him as the one to beat. The hands of time keep turning ever turning And the clock as ever keeps on ticking on And since Billy Coleman was a champion driver A lot of days and months and years have gone. I still have memories of that humble champion When bonfires blazed for him in Minor Row He raced against and beat the best in Europe And that was almost twenty years ago. He never boasted of his great achievements To wallow in his glory not his way He left his driving skills do all the talking And Billy was a champion in his day.