Ain't Nobody Gonna Tackle Ol' Jim
Tall Paul
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Hiram remarried and sent Jim on his way again Traveling to PA reacquainted with a train again Son you are an Indian I want you to Show the other races what an Indian can do These words rang true, these words were the last from his father Before he went off to Carlisle to play football for Pop Warner Two months passed when he found out his pops passed Contracted gangrene in the American outback A sign of the times was the fact we weren't even really legal citizens Original man without a home of his own what is this silliness Nineteen-o-four they were finally coached by fellow Indians A nine and two record still fired on some Willy nilly ish Them Carlisle hill billies ain't want 'em to succeed At least hundreds of native babies at the school became deceased Jim arrived at sixteen, five foot five, one-fifteen His slim frame a candidate to also become sickly Shipped him off to the outing program too small to play ball Broke sweats for slave wages from white strangers on they farms Returned to school at age twenty, built strong and people noticed High jumped a five-nine bar in a work shirt and overalls Pop Warner caught wind of it and put Jim on the track team right away Had his best track star get acquainted with Jim to teach him how to play That man's name was Albert Exendine, Jim moved on to break his records His first love was still the gridiron so you know he had to make an entrance Went to practice to kick some grass but Pop didn't want him to touch the ball Didn't want his new star track athlete getting injured so he had to make the call Jim fought it so he gave him the pigskin and told the team to go and show him Jim juked through the defense twice and said ain't nobody gonna tackle ol' Jim Warner did not want his track star hurt He kept after him, Warner said 'well Gonna use you for tackling practice. Ok, run Down through these guys. Let 'em tackle You.' So dad goes down through and Nobody tackled him, and Warner hollers At him, 'I told you to let 'em tackle you Do it again!' So then dad finally said 'Ain't nobody gonna tackle 'ol Jim
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