Millstreet's Ageing Heroes

I never was a Millstreet sporting icon or in any field of sport knew of renown But I'm the one who is left to sing the praises of the sporting greats of Millstreet my Hometown Many of Duhallow's finest sports people are from Millstreet they did the green and gold of their Club proud In every Public Bar around Duhallow the poets and singers sung their praises loud Nowadays not many sporting greats in Millstreet in Athletics or Gaelic Football Of late so very few sporting successes for future generations to recall Of sporting greats Millstreet had it's golden era but nothing lasts forever as they say The youth in sports perhaps not interested and the former heroes have grown old and gray In Gaelic Football as well as in Athletics Millstreet has produced many a famous name The ageing heroes have grown stiffer and slower they had their time and they enjoyed their fame We can only remember them with fondness lets hear it for the heroes of the past But life goes on and only Nature is forever and nothing else does ever seem to last Back there by the old mountains of Duhallow the people like the Seasons come and go The heroes of past decades getting older the years have left them feeling stiff and slow.