Johnny Ringo's Last Ride

Johnny cracked a thousand skulls
in the entries near the yard
and wrestled Sammy Pavlov's dog
with knuckles tungsten hard

there's a barstool no one sits on
and a list of ten demands
the night the manic welder
broken both his foreman's hands

every summer Sunday
in The Square beneath the clock
Johnny Ringo swallowed chains
hauled out of Pollock Dock
and you can hear the ladies cry
for Johnny's final ride

Mackeson and Mundies
Morton's Red Heart Stout
and ten glass Johnny Walker
brought all the demons out

Fable pulled the women
Charisma pull out chairs
but Ringo pulled his boots back on
and staggered down the stairs

on Sailortown's damp cobbles
his abdication came
cause clowns lose all their make up
when they step into the rain
but there are ghosts in every cupboard
secrets seldom found
Johnny painted mountain streams
when noone was around