by Hilary Barta
With apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer
On the North side and the South side, the sun is shining bright;
“Go, Cubs, Go” and “Na na na na” are heard both day and night;
Both Yuppies and construction guys are given cause to shout;
Yes, there’s joy in two Chicagos — winning baseball’s the new “clout”.
I’ve previously written of having attended my first game in Wrigley Field, a Cardinals-Cubs affair back in Sept., 1975, with my ninety-year-old Great Uncle Art, a lifelong resident of the Central Lakeview District since long before it became “Wrigleyville” Here is another quickie:
“Both Leagues, Now”
Another for Great Uncle Art
2/25/1885-2/25/1976
The Village Elliott: 5/7/16
“We looked at Chi World Series now,
From long ago but still somehow,
It’s “Hitless Wonders”, he’ll recall,
Art wasn’t into Cubs that Fall.