Like The Day Millstreet Played St Nicholas

Some memories do not live long they seem to die fast Whilst some a whole lifetime with us seem to last Like the day Millstreet played St Nicholas in the Park in Macroom In the Summer sunshine when Nature was in bloom In a Cork County senior championship match as i do recall In a game that was not a great advertisement for Gaelic Football It was not a good day for sportsmanship at all Since the Proceedings ended in an all in brawl A game that left the legendary Cork hurler Christy Ring with a broken jaw And that ended in anger and left feelings raw Who broke Christy Ring's jaw in an angry physical display In Cork G A A circles remains as a mystery today Some claim that it was not one from Millstreet who broke Ring's jaw but a fellow Cork hurler out to settle a score A rumor that lives on today and will live forever more Of a game that did not end in handshakes only missing teeth and black eyes Yet that none of those involved were not left with life threatening injuries was a welcome surprise For the brawl Millstreet blamed the Nicks and the Nicks Millstreet did blame And all i have left are fading memories of an unsporting game For i was a boy then and this is a long time ago And time that rusts iron has since become my foe More than a decade of years before i reached my life's prime And this is going back many decades in time To the all in brawl between the players and supporters of St Nicholas and Millstreet in the Park in Macroom In the Summer sunshine when Nature was in bloom.