Poems – Patsy Gallagher (poem from 1917)

Och ! Fond of a hat trick is our little Patrick
Sure ! He is the star of Parkhead
Plastic and pliable, Patsy 'le diable'
Some people wish you were dead !

Turnable twistable, quite irresistable
Adjectives cling around your name
Football contortionist, laughter extortionist
Master of ledgerdemain !

Witty and sinuous, motion continuous
Tireless, he rests not at all
Half backs are shaking and goalkeepers quaking
When Gallagher's on his way to the ball

From Glasgow Observer May 1917.