Billy The Humble Champion Poem by Francis Duggan

When Billy Coleman won his second circuit of Ireland rally
What year it was offhand I do not know?
It was either the latter seventies or the early eighties
On looking back it seems so long ago.

He was the Irish champion rally driver
And he brought great honour to Millstreet Town
But a lot of days and weeks and years have passed on
Since Billy drove to glory and renown.

Back then the champion Irish rally driver
With the best in the World he did compete
When Billy Coleman took part in a rally
The experts had him as the one to beat.

The hands of time keep turning ever turning
And the clock as ever keeps on ticking on
And since Billy Coleman was a champion driver
A lot of days and months and years have gone.

I still have memories of that humble champion
When bonfires blazed for him in Minor Row
He raced against and beat the best in Europe
And that was almost twenty years ago.

He never boasted of his great achievements
To wallow in his glory not his way
He left his driving skills do all the talking
And Billy was a champion in his day.