
Jimmy 'Jigs'
Updated: Jul 13, 2020
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Jimmy ‘Jigs’ Giroux
I'll tell you
was a good friend of mine
As kids we climbed the beaches
at Cape Tormentine
He played for Detroit’s farm team
down in Michigan
A hike from his New Brunswick home
back in Shippagan
Last March I flew
to Grand Rapids
caught a Griffins game
The team was on a four-match skid
with the coach receiving blame
As a winger, ten goals, nine assists
helped Jigs to pay the rent
A 'big show' stint with the Red Wings
his biggest achievement
The Griffins won
that Monday tilt
and Jimmy got a point
Our first stop a watering hole
a team-favourite joint
I got introduced to players
a few girls came to chat
I talked to a real beauty
said she was a Democrat
Didn’t notice
Jimmy leave
thought maybe the bathroom
Then suddenly I heard a scream
shouts from the back room
When the bar began to settle down
I went to look around
Then I saw a pool of blood
and Jigs stretched on the ground
There never was a doubt about
the time, the spot, who fired the shot
The only thing I never got
was why he died and for what
An ambulance
to Saint Mary’s flew
with Jimmy in the rear
He was dead upon arrival
a bullet through the ear
The family wept cremation
and I ensured it was complete
Took three connecting flights for home
his ashes at my feet
There never was a doubt about
the time, the spot, who fired the shot
The only thing I never got
was why he died and for what
You know St. Jerome
overflowed
that really sad spring day
The Red Wings and Griffins came
with respect to convey
But Jimmy ‘Jigs’ will be no more
for any future time
Shippagan’s successful son
is lost to senseless crime
There never was a doubt about
the time, the spot, who fired the shot
The only thing I never got
was why he died and for what
There never was a doubt about
the time, the spot, who fired the shot
The only thing I never got
was why he died and for what
