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Christmas Dinner At The Venezia Restaurant Dorchester
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TOWN WITH THE
MONUMENT ON THE HILL
WHERE EVERYONE KNEW EACH OTHER & TIME
STOOD STILL
REMEMBERING SOUTHIE BACK IN THE DAY
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD SHOP & CHILDREN
WOULD PLAY
GROWING UP WITH YOUR FRIENDS &
WALKING TO SCHOOL
WHEN CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS & LOYALTY WAS
THE GOLDEN RULE
REMEMBERING CARSON BEACH ON THE 4TH
OF JULY
WHERE NEIGHBORS & FRIENDS WOULD SEE
THE FIREWORKS FLY
GATHERING ON THE FRONT DOORSTEPS ON A
HOT SUMMER NIGHT
WAITING FOR THE CRABMAN WITH THE
PUSHCART FOR A DELIGHT
WAS A THING EVERYONE DID WHEN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TIGHT
THE BEACHES WERE PACKED WITH
SUMMERTIME FUN
BACK WHEN FAMILY & FRIENDS MET IN THE
SUN
WE HAD NEIGHBORHOOD STORES, LIKE
POBERS, ROBELLS, SANDS
BARS LIKE STRIGGIES,CASSIDYS, PBL,
THE LIGHTHOUSE, MAC'S, & ENGLISHES
WHERE NEIGHBORS MET & SHOOK HANDS
WHETHER YOU LIVED UP THE POINT OR
DOWN THE LOWER END
IF SOMEONE WAS IN NEED, A HAND WOULD
BE LEND
REMEMBER BRIGHAMS & MARYANNS WHERE
PEOPLE WOULD MEET
JUST TO TALK TO OLD FRIENDS & GET
SOMETHING TO EAT
SOUTHIE ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY WAS THE
PLACE TO BE
AS WACKO HURLEY HAD GREEN BEER &
IRISH BANDS TO SEE
LITTLE LEAGUE & BABE RUTH, CHIPPEWAS
DOWN COLUMBUS PARK
SOFTBALL AT M.ST UNTIL DARK
WATCHED BY MOTHERS & FATHERS NOT
FORGOTTEN TO THIS DAY
IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO WATCH THEM ALL
PLAY
GORINS, SLOCUMS & WOOLWORTHS I
REMEMBER
THE CAR STOP THAT CLOSED ONE NOVEMBER
PIMPLE BALL & HALF BALL WERE PLAYED
UNTIL DARK
AND SPUCKIES FROM DIRTY JOHN'S ACROSS
FROM THE PARK
AT OUR OWN PARISH CHURCH ON SUNDAY WE
WOULD PRAY
THE GIRLS ARE WORSE THAN THE BOYS
MONSIGNOR WATERS WOULD SAY
GOING DOWN CASTLE ISLAND WITH YOUR
PARENTS FOR A STROLL
AND STOPPING AT SULLIVAN'S FOR A HOT
DOG ON A ROLL
IRISH NIGHT THURSDAYS AT CASTLE
ISLAND WHERE WE ALWAYS MET THE GIRLS
TO ALL OF YOU WHO REMEMBER & THOSE
WHO NEVER WILL
SOUTHIE HIGH AT WHITE STADIUM WHERE
THE STANDS WERE ALWAYS FILLED
BOSTON GARDEN WHERE THE SHRIMP BOATS
FROM THE HILL
AND THE 1956 CHAMPIONS GAVE US QUITE
THE THRILL
OUR OLD SOUTHIE IS GONE WITH ONLY
MEMORIES TO FILL
SOUTHIE TIES WERE WELL SEWN,
OUTSIDERS WILL NEVER KNOW.
     Is that Chickie behind the smokescreen ( Temp was about 90o)  
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Web Guy: Paul Mancuso Updated Oct 24, 2009 17436 accesses |