The Wild Scorer

The Wild Scorer

He\'s been a wild scorer for many a year

He beat Treaty and Deise on his own you\'ll hear

And now he\'s returning to Thurles once more

But he never will play the wild scorer no more

And it\'s no nay never

No nay never no more

Will Tipp\'s Eoin Kelly get a fifteen point score

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He\'ll go in to the corner he tends to frequent

And remind Brian Murphy how last year\'s game went

He\'ll ask him for credit, Brian will answer him \"nay,

You\'re playing on a fit man from Rovers to-day\"

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The first ball he pockets he\'ll give us a fright

But the shot will drift wide and we\'ll roar with delight

And Murph will remind him our backs are the best

And the games against others were no real test

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He\'ll go oe\'r to Babs Keating, confess that he\'s done

And ask to be moved onto Cloyne\'s baddest son

And Sull will \"caress\" him as oftimes before

And he never will play the wild scorer no more.

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Up at the far end still Tipp will be keane

To close down the space for Cork\'s own Joe Deane

They\'ll harry and hassle by means foul and fair

To show poor old Joe that Tipp aren\'t Clare

Chorus

But if by some miracle their plan succeds

Then up will step others in Cork\'s hour of need

For Cork have the Legend and Ben and Niall Mc

And never rely on a one man attack.

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For if one is in trouble they\'ll all rally round

And show Tipp why Thurles is our holy ground

For the difference between us is simple and plain

In Cork hurling\'s still a fifteen man game.