The Night Philotimo Won The Laurels

The night Philotimo won the Laurels the memory with me still The cheers that rang in Western Road might be heard in Cockhill And Con Kelleher was beaming this night he'd lived to see When the son of Pride of Corrin raced to great victory. We cheered when Tanyard Heather raced quickly to renown When Pat Cashman brought the Laurels to Tullig by Millstreet Town And now it was Con Kelleher's turn he stood in the spotlight And not one to begrudge the man his greatest ever night The night Philotimo won the Laurels we witnessed something great And Millstreet had another big race win to celebrate Another champion dog from Millstreet which came as no surprise Had won the Laurels at Cork Track Cork's biggest racing prize. To the night Philotimo won the Laurels one must go back in time And I was only twenty then and coming to my prime And now I'm over fifty and what hair I've left is gray But happy memories from the past seem never far away. The night Philotimo won the Laurels we watched a legend grow And dogs like him are very rare as greyhound owners know In under thirty seconds he raced to victory And the feats of flier from Cockhill live on in memory.