And so this is Christmas
The season’s all done
Another Hawks flag
And each one less fun
Not all will greet Christmas
Down the family club
Not all favourite sons
Replaced by a sub
Bleak Adelaide Christmas
The seeds that we sow
The dear and departed
And Paddy no Crow
And so merry Christmas
For red and for black
Lawyer’s gift that keeps giving
And a new coach to sack
Glad tidings at Christmas
Bedraggled Bluebagger
BB’s now a Blue
Restore Princes’ swagger?
A very merry Christmas
Not all the Dogs want
Some talls would be nice
While they’ve got Bont
The Magpies at Christmas
Little reason for merry
Hope under the tree
Find the new Pendle-bury
Cats carol at Christmas
Away in a manger
All prayers ‘ve been answered
Now they’ve got Danger
Perth swelters at Christmas
Nat Fyfe’s worth a mention
Dockers need 3 more wise men
Now Pav’s on the pension
West Coast welcomes Christmas
So near yet so far
The flag needs Avenging
Adam Simpson’s her star
She wants him for Christmas
Tied up in a sack
He’s top of her tree
Or flags back to back
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Hope Goodesy’s spear dance
Brings hope and not fear
(Apologies to John Lennon)
Punt Road greets Christmas as quiet as a mouse.
There’s drama and iced cake found in the house.
Yet Struggletown carols echo hope and good cheer.
Could that Pennant and Cup be ever near?
“Another Hawks flag
And each one less fun”
Would it still be less fun , Peter , if they were Eagles flags ?
Just asking because apparently the Avenging Eagle wants “flags back to back .”
Supporters of other clubs keep telling me how boring is the success of the club i happened to have supported since before it won its first flag . My response is always to ask if it would still be boring if it was their club having Hawthorn’s success. And would they like to have had Kennett ?