THE SLOWPOKES


A FEW GUYS, THEY'D GET TOGETHER,
FOR A SUNDAY MORNING GAME.
AT THE WELL KNOWN KAYE ARENA,
THE REJECTS WAS THEIR NAME.

THE TEAMS NAME WASN'T FITTING,
SO A NEW ONE THEY DID CHOOSE.
THEY PUT SLOWPOKES ON THEIR JERSEYS,
IT FIT OLD GUYS, SLOW AS MOOSE.

SIXTEEN SWEATERS THAT WERE ORDERED,
FOR ALL THE GUYS ON THE TEAM.
EMERY MELANSON WAS THE FELLOW,
WHO STARTED THE WHOLE THING.

THEY PLAYED IN A FEW TOURNAMENTS,
THAT WERE HELD FOR OLDER FOLK.
THEY DECIDED TO RUN THEIR OWN,
ALL THE GUYS THEY WENT FOR BROKE.

IN SEVENTY-NINE IT WAS THE YEAR,
THE MONCTON COLISEUM WAS THE PLACE.
FORTY-FOUR TEAMS JOINED THE SLOWPOKES.
IT BROUGHT SMILES TO EVERYONES FACE.

THE SLOWPOKES ARE NOW ALL AGING,
BILL PEPPARD IS THE ELDER OF THE CREW.
HE STILL SKATES LIKE THE GOLDEN JET,
AND HE'S NEARLY SEVENTY-TWO.

NINETEEN-NINETY WAS THE BIGGEST YEAR,
A HUNDRED-THREE TEAMS CAME TO PLAY.
LOOKING FOR A BREAK IN THE WINTER GLUM,
FOR PLAYING HOCKEY AND HAVING FUN.

OVER A HUNDRED-FIFTY DIFFERENT TEAMS,
HAVE PLAYED IN THIS TOURNAMENT.
SOME WERE HERE JUST A FEW.
AND OTHERS IN ALL TWENTY-NINE EVENTS

WHEN I MEET SOME OLD PLAYERS,
WHO CAME TO PLAY DOWN HERE.
THEY TALK ABOUT THIS GREAT EVENT,
AND LOOK FORWARD TO VISIT EACH YEAR.

A SPECIAL SALUTE TO THE SLOWPOKES,
WHO WORK HARD ALL YEAR LONG.
LETS RAISE OUR GLASSES HAVE A DRINK,
AND THANK THEM ONE BY ONE.

AL DONOVAN