REMEMBERING THE SHOWDOWN IN THE DOME

By William Bedford

THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS WENT TO PHILLY

FAR AWAY FROM HOME AND DOME

TO TRY TO BEAT THE GRUNGIES SILLY

AND BRING THE SERIES ‘ TROPHY HOME

GAME FOUR IS ONE WE’LL ALL REMEMBER

FOR A BINGO SCORE AND FLAKY PLAYS

BUT IN THE END THE GRUBBY- PHILLIES

LOST OUT TO THE CLEAN- CUT JAYS

THE SERIES SHUTTLED BACK AND FORTH

THE JAYS WERE UP, THE JAYS WERE DOWN

THEN A SHOWDOWN IN THE DOME

TO CHASE THE BADDIES OUT OF TOWN

FROM PHILLY CAME A MIGHTY GROAN

AS THEY WATCHED THEIR FUMBLING-BUMBLING- FATS

IN TORONTO’S FAMOUS DOME

FALL BEFORE THE BLUE JAY BATS

YOU’LL NEVER FEEL SO HIGH, WHILE SOBER

THAN WHEN THE CHEERING SHOOK THE DOME

THAT GREAT NIGHT IN LATE OCTOBER

WHEN THE BLUE JAYS BROUGHT THAT TROPHY HOME

THE JAYS HAVE WON THE SERIES TWICE

AND WE’RE ALL AGREED THAT’S QUITE A FEAT

BUT TORONTO KEEPS ITS FINGERS CROSSED

FOR THAT GLORIOUS DAY WHEN THEY “THREE- PEAT

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