Paddy Murphy Is Fred Astaire
Paddy Murphy Is Fred Astaire
It's six below and so much snow
this January midnight.
Sunday's gone
and Monday's turning.
Yet Paddy Murphy's stepping out,
his crushed fedora all askew.
He's soused again and all aglow,
dancing along Fifth Avenue.
Tonight he thinks he's Fred Astaire
and so he's swirling in the air.
He needs a partner way up there,
someone pretty, someone fair.
If it weren't for the music
that only he can hear,
Paddy would be gone by now.
Tonight he's whistling, though,
delighted that his fingers find
the parking meter posts
are an endless xylophone.
Listen to him play those posts
so all the world can hear
Paddy's favorite tune,
the jig of an ancient tippler
with one last dance to go.
Donal Mahoney
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