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    Green and Gold Malaria

    Green and Gold Malaria



    by Rupert McCall




    The day would soon arrive when I could not ignore the rash.



    I was obviously ill and so I called on Doctor Nash.



    This standard consultation would adjudicate my fate.



    I walked into his surgery and gave it to him straight:

    `Doc, I wonder if you might explain this allergy of mine,

    I get these pins and needles running up and down my spine.

    From there, across my body, I will suddenly extend -

    My neck will feel a shiver and the hairs will stand on end.

    And then there is the symptom that only a man can fear -

    A choking in the throat, and the crying of a tear.'

    Well, the Doctor scratched his melon with a rather worried look.

    His furrowed brow suggested that the news to come was crook.

    `What is it Doc?' I motioned. `Have I got a rare disease?

    I'm man enough to cop it sweet, so give it to me, please.'

    `I'm not too sure,' he answered, in a puzzled kind of way.

    `You've got some kind of fever, but it's hard for me to say.

    When is it that you feel this most peculiar condition?'

    I thought for just a moment, then I gave him my position:

    `I get it when I'm standing in an Anzac Day parade,

    And I get it when the anthem of our native land is played,

    And I get it when Mortlock makes a Kiwi-crunching run,

    And when Hayden grits his teeth to score a really gutsy ton.

    I got it back in '91 when Farr-Jones held the Cup,

    And I got it when Japan was stormed by Better Loosen Up.

    I get it when Banjo takes me down the Snowy River,

    And Matilda sends me waltzing with a billy-boiling shiver.

    It hit me hard when Sydney was awarded with the Games,

    And I get it when I see our farmers fighting for their names.

    It flattened me when Bertrand raised the boxing kangaroo,

    And when Perkins smashed the record, well, the rashes were true blue.

    So tell me, Doc,' I questioned. `Am I really gonna die?'

    He broke into a smile before he looked me in the eye.

    As he fumbled with his stethoscope and pushed it out of reach,

    He wiped away a tear and then he gave me this stirring speech:

    `From the beaches here in Queensland to the sweeping shores of Broome,

    On the Harbour banks of Sydney where the waratah's in bloom.

    From Uluru at sunset to the Mighty Tasman Sea,

    In the Adelaide cathedrals, at the roaring MCG.

    From the Great Australian Blight up to the Gulf of Carpentaria,

    The medical profession call it "green and gold malaria".

    But forget about the text books, son, the truth I shouldn't hide.

    The rash that you've contracted here is "good old Aussie pride".

    I'm afraid that you were born with it and one thing is for sure -

    You'll die with it, young man, because there isn't any cure.'

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    For that you should get and a

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    Brilliant!



    You mind if I put that up on WBF?

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    Bloody good mate.

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    Just happy to be here

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    Hey Exile, have you read that whole book or just seen that poem? That is my all time favorite poem and there are plenty of other beauts in his book....the name of the eludes me at the moment.

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    The Author/Poet Rupert McCall has his own website at;

    http://www.rupertmccall.com.au/

    His books are available from the site.

    To be honest InnForcer I wasnt aware of the book. I received this poem as an email a couple of years ago, Have always kept it and read it when I needed a boost.

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    That is a bloody awesome, fair dinkum beaut of a poem, bought a tear to the eye, and a shiver to me spine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frontrow
    That is a bloody awesome, fair dinkum beaut of a poem, bought a tear to the eye, and a shiver to me spine.
    Frontrow; it would appear that your suffering from that Green and Gold Malaria too

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    He also wrote and re-wrote the code of the bull for the QLD Bulls.

    The Code of the Bull 2004-2005


    How many times did you stand there?
    You'd just hit your neighbour for four
    Pretending your yard was the Gabba
    And hearing the Queenslanders roar

    You'd look in the eye of your team mates
    And know you were never alone
    On top of your head, the reason…
    A cap that was coloured maroon

    That was the road you were marching
    The hours you spent in the nets
    That was the moment you lived for
    As good as a Queensland dream gets

    Legends aren't born – they're inspired
    And heroes aren't made – they are grown
    And destiny favours the player that savours
    The cap that is coloured maroon

    So many years we had waited
    So many twists to the tale
    Nothing will ever replace it
    The taste of that first Holy Grail

    The mouth of the cricket world doubted
    But the tank in our engine was full
    With our hand on our heart, it meant everything
    To honour the Code of the Bull

    AB - thank God he was with us!
    Haydos stands true to the test
    Big Carl unleashed with the spirit
    And Stuey gave all for the crest!

    There's Kaspa, Chuck, Lovey and Simmo
    And Bich with a passion well known
    And Jimmy on fire – a captain’s desire
    For caps that are coloured maroon

    Now the day has arrived and you stand there
    Your heart felt the passionate pull
    You believed in yourself – that's the moral
    That was "The Code of the Bull"

    For the neighbourhood son, you walk forward
    The pride chills your blood and your bone
    You dreamt of this day - they can't take it away
    And the cap… it is coloured maroon

    March on you maroon grown heroes!
    Queenslanders rise as you go
    With the weight of the state right behind them
    Our cricketing glory will show

    With our Bulls, we can bring home another!
    With our Bulls, we can carry that pride!
    March on you maroon grown heroes!
    We're coming along for the ride

    Rupert McCall 2004



    The Code of the Bull 2005-06


    It hurts to think we were poised at the brink
    of so near but yet so far away
    But the strength of a team is to fearlessly dream and this one is ready to play

    The fever returns and a Bull's courage burns
    in the blaze of a Queensland vendetta
    Remember that kid with the stars in his eye?
    Well this time the story gets better!!!

    Turn a new page! Take that cricketing stage
    with a formula proven and proud
    When maroon hearts are thumping
    the Gabba is pumping
    It's big and it's live and it's loud!

    Red leather flies there's belief in the skies
    For the skill and the thrill of the mission
    For the charge and the chase and
    the look on his face
    When the game is aflame with ambition

    When Johnson's the speed with
    a venomous seed
    and Perren is scorching the ropes
    With Flipper and Harts playing
    passionate parts
    and the brilliance of Watson and Hopes

    The balance of youth with the veteran of truth
    and once again, "Q" is the letter
    We're ready - we're set, no excuse, no regret
    This time the story gets better!

    March on you Maroon Grown Heroes!
    Queenslanders rise as they go
    With the weight of our state right behind them
    Our hearts and our hunger will show

    With our Bulls we can rectify justice!
    With our Bulls, we can carry that pride!
    March on you Maroon Grown Heroes!
    We're coming along for the ride!






    Listening to him perform these is amazing and always sends tingles down my spine.

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    i like that one exile, might get his book for a read me thinks!

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    I bought both his books and his cd when I was over in the UK - he wrote a personal message inside the cover which I thought was a nice touch.

    Would recommend both to anyone, there's some great work in there.. though a few too many Queensland ones for my liking

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