The twenty fifth of April 2007
The greatest of the ALL is called to heaven.

From when I was a kid to the present day
Blues would rave about the Bally way.

Covering every inch of the lush green grass
Hard in the tackle, sublime in the pass

Always playing with fire burning in his heart
Whether Liverpool or United he’d tear them apart

Those little white boots running and running for miles
The fans on the terraces all full of smiles,

World cup winner, you could see how proud
The greatest of them ALL would yell the crowd.

A champion in seventy with the School of Science
He would not take defeat, such defiance

Even when He moved on He was held in esteem
The greatest of them ALL the Blues had seen

He made no secret of His love for the Blues
Just the mention of Everton would light that fuse

He was looking so good just a few weeks ago
What was to happen we just did not know

Now at peace with His wife and passed Blues
The world is poorer for this terrible news

The greatest of them ALL the old school would say
Oh if only I’d seen Him more at play

But that doesn’t matter I hear them call
Because He was the greatest, Little Curly ALAN BALL