The Big Let Down

Who will want to recall Easter Monday night When Ramtown lads came to Oakview for fight But all of those who came to witness the big brawl Will have no vivid memory to recall. For the prelude to all of this go two weeks back When a young fellow from Ramtown ginger Jack Received two cracked ribs and two swollen eyes When beaten up by thuggish Oakview boys. And though out numbered thirty five to one And cornered in with nowhere out to run He fought his best but he got knocked to ground And like a football he got kicked around. When news reached Ramtown Ginger's biker friends Vowed that they'd have the last laugh in the end And they challenged Oakview boys who set the date For Easter Monday night April the eight. And all those who love to watch a brawl were there They came from miles around from god knows where And local bookie Paddy Joe Mginn Had Oakview even money for a win. And with numerical advantage big on Oakview's side And they at home defending Hometown pride The astute mid aged bookie from Oakview Lay Ramtown lads at odds of five to two. Ten Ramtown lads on ten noisy motor bikes Roared into Oakview Town all dressed alike Wearing leather coats and dirty denim jeans A real hard bunch and all of them looked mean. These long haired chaps whose deeds bring ill renown Had come to test the hards of Oakview Town Armed with knuckle dusters and sharp edged pocket knives Such weapons to endanger human lives. They dismounted and put their bikes away And removed their coats in readiness for the fray They had driven more than forty miles to face These Oakview fellows here in their home place. In Oakview Town Square by the Mart-yard gate The local heavies from Oakview did wait Armed with knives and bottles, blackthorn sticks and stones Would this be night of blood and broken bones? . With almost three hundred onlookers in the Town Square One could almost feel the tension in the air And with no policemen there to keep things quiet For Oakview this could be a shameful night. The Ramtown gang leader a giant amongst men Weighing eighteen stone and standing six foot ten With long black beard and unkempt long black hair In Ramtown he is known as 'Jim the Bear'. And just one glimpse of him for Oakview lads seemed enough And then suddenly they did not feel so tough Near this huge giant their biggest man looked small And now they felt in no good mood for brawl. In Oakview Town Square the voice of taunt it rang Of the giant leader of the Ramtown gang He mocked the Oakview lads and called them out But they felt fearful and none dare open his mouth. There were forty in the Oakview gang or more And ten from Ramtown odds of one to four But the Oakview lads respected one man for his size And to hold their peace to them seemed much more wise. The Ramtown lads left Oakview in the gloam A whooping loudly as they rode for home And had they not good reason for to crow They had conquered yet a punch they did not throw. And what promised to be night of blood and guts Turned out to be night of if's and but's There may well be blood flowing in Oakview Town Square If Ramtown lads did not have Jim the Bear.