We’ve watched you now for 6 years or more,
We’ve watched your lengthening Hurleys
send over score after score,
We’ve watched tears and smiles,
listened to plans and dreams,
We’ve watched you all, you growing team.
We’ve watched the drills, and mentors scold,
All this, while often feeling extremely cold!!
We’ve watched the handshakes, you’ve made us clap,
We’ve watched training pitch spats and the odd mishap.
But on pitch you gel… makes us feel so proud, ‘What gifted hurlers!’ we hear aloud,
It seems to us, with another joyful scream,
Your best days come when you play as a TEAM.
You pass, you encourage, you smile, you shout,
You remind us adults what it’s all about!
For the strongest thing on a field of play,
Is not ‘Me’, ‘Myself’ or ‘I’,
It’s not the bully, nor their ‘No. 10’,
It’s the team that come again and again,
The team who knows that together they will not be beat,
Even if the scoreline shows defeat.
So play your best, the way you can,
Play as a team, stand man to man!!