Toots Kelleher From Millstreet

In the late forties and all through the fifties and that's going back in time Toots Kelleher from Millstreet was in his glorious prime In the game of Gaelic Football the great man knew great fame And through the length and breadth of Ireland his was a well known name. Toots Kelleher from Millstreet was one of Ireland's best And he never was found wanting when he was put to the test The poets and song writers they sung his praises loud And in Duhallow we revered him of him we felt so proud. For Cork and his Club Millstreet some marvellous games he played And despite the passing decades the memories do not fade Of Toots Kelleher from Millstreet fearless in the field of play A legend in his life time and a legend still today. Toots Kelleher from Millstreet is at rest forever more But often in flights of fancy I can hear the mighty roar Of the Munster final crowd in Killarney when Toots had the football A memory to cherish and a memory to recall. Toots Kelleher from Millstreet his praises have been sung Often watched him play for Millstreet years ago when I was young Exuberant in victory and gallant in defeat One who was hero worshipped but never knew conceit. A Champion Gaelic Footballer we honour him today Toots Kelleher from Millstreet at peace forever lay His name will live forever in the history of Gaelic Football And the Reaper who has claimed him will one day claim us all.