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Dropkick Murphys – ”Jimmy Collins Wake” (2013)
Baseball är inte direkt min sport. Men jag gillar irländsk musik.
Jimmy Collins ses som den kanske bästa baseball-spelaren innan andra världskriget. Texten är skriven av Richard Johnson, kurator på Boston Sports Museum. Han har berättat om bakgrunden:
”A collector friend of mine told of meeting the nephew of former Boston Americans player/manager Jimmy Collins in Buffalo and how the now elderly gent recalled his uncle’s wake in 1943. Apparently several of Collins’ teammates made the trip to the house where he was laid out in the parlor, and after a few drinks and songs they propped him up in the casket and carefully placed in his stiff hands the silver trophy Boston fans had given him as an expression of their gratitude for the 1904 pennant.”
“Let’s raise a glass and lift it up
Then sip from Jimmy Collins cup
And hail the lads that won the crown
That brought victory to our grounds
Let’s raise a glass and lift it up
Then sip from Jimmy Collins cup
And hail the lads that won the crown
While turning baseball upside down”
Jorgens spellistor 