It's that day again - when the Yanks and the Irish

Together celebrate a big day, with spit and polish

Honoring the Saint of Ireland - who did so much

To bring about Christianity in his land of touch



During pre-medieval days of the early four hundreds

When old country folks were just getting their feet wet 

Beginning to relearn the culture passed down from Rome

The place Pope Leo I (a unionist) had called his home



Waging battles againt religious separatists who tried to mar

The universal teachings of Roman Catholicism's shining star

Fast spread by Patrick and Leo I and so many other devotees

Causing the world as it existed then to drop fast to its knees



And so we honor now on this day the patron saint of Ireland

Who had done so much to help folks learn how to give a hand

And become brothers and sisters in spirit of love and peace

Something we all need, no matter who or what we believe ...



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

7:45am St. Patrick's Day, 1998