<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420174" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Songs Without Words</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When they brought him to the Hospital</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was listed as John Doe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He would have liked the irony-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">as Harry Chapin was well known.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His hair was like a lion’s mane</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His face both kind and strong</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though doctor’s tried and nurses cried</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Harry had sung his last song.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like Wednesdays’ child with far to go, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He’d been on the road that day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was scheduled for a concert</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For which he’d take no pay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He sang songs for the suppers</div><div style="margin:10px 0">of the poor and the deprived.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He may not have been “Religious”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">-but he lived life sanctified-</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">His car was observed slowing down</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And weaving between lanes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He might even have been dying then</div><div style="margin:10px 0">of Coronary pains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The trucker behind him could not stop</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He rode the brakes in vain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The truck smashed into Harry’s car</div><div style="margin:10px 0">which promptly burst in flames.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Trucker and a Motorist</div><div style="margin:10px 0">dragged Harry from the flames.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’d dearly love to thank them both</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I don’t know their names.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">They Med-evacuated him </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A helicopter came.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They brought Him to Nassau County Med-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">reporting “John Doe” as his name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On that torrid summer day, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Without a breath of air, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">There would not be an encore</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That much, at least, was clear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Harry’s eyes were glazing over, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was certain he had passed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hope he had a peaceful end</div><div style="margin:10px 0">when his Corey came at last.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">(A tribute to Harry Foster Chapin: , Singer, Songwriter and Philanthropist. 12/07/42-07/16/81)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420174" data-title="Songs Without Words de John F. McCullagh" data-description="When they brought him to the Hospital He was listed as John Doe. He would have liked the irony- as Harry Chapin was well known. His hair was like a lion’s mane His face both kind and strong Though doctor’s tried and nurses cried Harr..."></div> </div> </div>

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