Fight Song
This one’s got my Irish up. For the longest time, I’ve predicted that they’d go after Notre Dame’s Fighting Irishman mascot. Sure as shootin’, it’s happening. They’re saying it’s insulting to the Irish, suggesting all we do is drink and fight. How in Christ’s name can you insult the Irish?
Hold on, I gotta go pour a Jameson.
Goddamn it, they took the nickname paddy wagon away from us because it was insulting to the Irish. Like hell. We loved the paddy wagon. It was a free ride home after a night at the local. The Irish taxicab. If I ever owned a bar, I’d call it the Paddy Wagon. And if you stopped in and had one too many I’d give you a ride home.
Hold on, I gotta pour another Jameson.
Come on, we’re killing every nickname and squelching anything and everything with personality. None of it was designed to hurt or insult. We’re losing it as a nation.
Take a look at that Notre Dame leprechaun. What do you think he’d be saying if that little bastard could talk? Keep your dukes up!
P.S. The Notre Dame fight song was written by the Shea Brothers from Holyoke.