Harry Greb

He was long dead and buried before I saw light of day And an all time boxing legend so the boxing scribes say He fought the best of his time Gene Tunney one might name And he will live forever in the 'Boxing Hall of Fame'. His bout with Mickey Walker lives in boxing history And he only fought the very best and none so great as he The World Middleweight Champion Harry Greb took on far heavier men And he did not lose any honour in the few fights he did not win. He died from a nose operation when he was in his prime The mighty boxer Harry Greb who had inspired the bards to rhyme The Reaper took him early he does not discriminate He take the poor souls and the king and he take the boxing great. I'm not a boxing expert but I can remember well Around the fireplace as a boy hearing old timers tell Stories of famous boxers and I can still recall Them often mention Harry Greb as one of the best of all. Billy Miske, Tommy Loughran and Tiger Flowers were amongst the greats he fought And his great bouts with Mike McTigue and Tommy Gibbons excitement to boxing brought And from the nineteen twenties some great boxers to recall But Pittsburgh's 'Human Windmill' Harry Greb perhaps the best of all.