BIG WULLIE’S BLUES.

BIG WILLIE’S BLUES / ROYAL INFIRMARY

by

Matt McGinn

I went up to the Royal Infirmary

To see Big Willie there

I stepped up to his bedside

And I sat down on his chair

He didn’t look too cheerful

His face was turning blue

I asked him how his health was

But all that Willie said was, ‘Oooh’

I spoke to him about racing

Football and politics too

I asked his opinion of the weather

But all that Willie said was, ‘Oooh’

From the table, he snatched up a notebook

From my pocket, he picked out my pen

He began to scribble something

And he lay down peacefully then

The sister, she came running

She said big Willie was dead

I pointed to that paper

I said, ‘Those are the last words he said.’

The sister read that message

I found I’d made a boob

It said, ‘Ya stupid looking clown, ye

You’re sitting on my oxygen tube’