One word – Dixie
A name you never cared for
But one word was enough
To pronounce you legend
I never saw you play
But your legacy prevails
The good son that still shines
On the green of Goodison
Your name revered, remembered
Not just by those at Everton
All those who love this game
In awe of your achievement
Not just etched in history
But carved and gouged in granite
Stone tablets bear your name
Eternal and immoveable
Unrivalled and unequalled
You never will be bettered
Unique and unstoppable
Breaker of the mould
No fear and no compromise
When men were men and gentlemen
All is fair in love and war
Immortal in your combat
You may have walked on water
Your boots down with the crowds
A hero and yet one of us
The local boy made god
For strike rate and goals scored
There’s no-one who can touch you
For club and then for country
A cut above the rest
Eighty since your sixty
And still your star shines brightly
Nil satis nisi optimum
William Ralph Dean
PAUL COOKSON