Willie Rimes and the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade

As expected, Willie Rimes made a disgrace of himself at his local parade last Sunday. Will he show up for the national ones at Dublin or Galway today?

Willie Rimes was drinking the health of Saint Patrick
And a show of himself he made
When he decided to become the grand marshal
Of the local St Patrick’s Day parade.
The fact there was one already
Did not deter him one bit �"
He saw it an injustice that he was not asked:
And would do something about it!

The parade came down the street
Where Willie was drinking in a pub
He heard the pipes, and abandoned his pint
Set to avenge the snub
He let the first few floats float on by
And then got in on the act
Hijacked a lorry carrying a float of dancers
Down a side road drove and into a wall whacked

He ran up then after the parade
Chased by members of the NYPD
Who broke of from the marching band
To assist the local Guardai
St Patrick �" or the guy dressed up as him
Was robbed of his cloak, hat and gown
The bould Willie dressed up as him
With a headbutt knocked the poor man down!

He was last seen racing towards the front of the parade
Whether he made it or not I dont know
But from what I heard he was a disgrace
And of the town he made a show.
Now Id had a lot to drink myself that night
So I went of to get a sleep
For it is hard for a security guard
Awake at work to keep!

And so I awoke in a cold cold sweat
And strange as it did seem
I could not figure out was it a memory of the day before
Or a horrific and horrible dream.
So I looked it up on the internet
No account could I see
But there are some that say today
It could be a cover up by RTE!

Other escapades of Willie Rimes:

Willie Rimes Meets His Valentine

Willie Rimes Goes to Belfast to Protest at the Parades

Aliens in Edenderry

Poetic Crimes of Willie Rimes

Willie Rimes and the Masons Goat

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I loved this tale my friend.
"He was last seen racing towards the front of the parade
Whether he made it or not I dont know
But from what I heard he was a disgrace
And of the town he made a show.
Now Id had a lot to drink myself that night
So I went of to get a sleep
For it is hard for a security guard
Awake at work to keep!"
I liked the above lines a lot. I have show respect for Willie Rimes and the Saint Patrick’s Day in my lifetime. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[wordman]

great story,love short stories,always have ,but i can see a great book coming

[Papaya]

I really enjoyed this fun piece of writing! Well done!

[Rick Puetter]

I greatly enjoy your commentary on these things, Tomás. And we can see you "love everything Irish". That is plain. And having visited your fair land, I can understand the passion. It is a beautiful country.

This was greatly enjoyed and added further to the Irish color.

My best regards,

Rick

[Tomás Ó Cárthaigh]

Thanks Rick... We love the craic we do!

[Pryde Foltz]

Hahaha ... some nights are better forgotten but if you got the right friends, immortalized they will become'n.

You need to say that with a brogue to get the right effect:) Lots of fun, here:)

[Einstein Noodle]

well i am proud to love everything Irish ... my own daily pint is a focal legs up break time every day ;) but who is this Willie Rimes?? seems a lot written about the life and escapades; but no real history could i find ... in your poem he reminds me of the Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford a bit, whom i just read only died last month .. anyway ... enjoyed the read and Irish style and humor ... until your line with NYPD in it ... i surely was picturing Dublin ... i do not know what "RTE" stands for ... would also love to know more about Willie ... :)
E.

[Tomás Ó Cárthaigh]

Im a member of a writers group called the Tullamore Rhymers Club, made up of 8 odd others and the infamous Willie Rimes who officially is the unseen member of the group.

He is in fact a comedy character and does not exist, and we all write joke ditties about his alleged exploits, which often mirror one of our misadventures. However, only I have published the ones that I have written!

Your not the first to think he is a real person... I hope to someday write a comedy play based on him!!! Glad you enjoy the poems: there may be an "anthology" of his poetry and poems about him released in the coming year... ;-)

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you for the info my friend! i did find more than one such poems of his exploits but nothing on whether he was real or a bit of Irish tale telling ... its things like these that let us laugh at ourselves tho life may get hard at times .. peace and joy!
E.

[Tomás Ó Cárthaigh]

Lol... RTE is our national telly station. Www.rte.ie

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ...................

[Lydia Shutter]

What a fun write this is! If it was but a dream, we are all now part of it. You took us to the scene. While a happy sort of write, it brings home a life lesson too. I enjoyed the rhyming very much Happy St. Patrick's Day! Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

what a great story...i guess not for Willie...but for your readers...says something about being jealous of others and their positions...but perhaps we should just be happy being who we are, and finishing our own pint of life.