THE GOLDEN GREEK
TIME
WASHES AWAY PEOPLE WHO DEPART
YOU
WHO REMAIN CHERISH HEROES OF THE HEART
THEY
SELDOM GRACE EARTH BUT, NOT FOR LONG
THE
GOLDEN GREEK LIVES IN THIS SONG
TOO
MANY ATHLETES SPELL TEAM AS M-E
THE
GOLDEN GREEK KNEW TEAM MEANT ONLY WE
THIS
ALL AMERICAN TRULY STOOD APART
THE
GOLDEN GREEK WAS SIMPLY PURE OF HEART
FOUR
HUNDRED CHURCHES HONORED FOR FORTY DAYS
THE
MAN WHO TOUCHED MANY HEARTS IN SO MANY WAYS
FIFTY
THOUSAND SAID GOODBYE AS HIS CHURCH CHOIR
SANG
LOVE FOR THE MAN WHO SET THE SPORTS WORLD AFIRE
CHORUS
HARRY
AGGANIS STIRRED HEART AND SOUL
DID
GOD TAKE HIM SO HE WOULD NEVER GROW OLD?
HEROES
LIVE FOREVER THOUGH HARRY DIED YOUNG
THE
SONG OF THE GOLDEN GREEK WILL ALWAYS BE SUNG
THOUSANDS
OF MARINES IN THE
NAMED
A FIELD FOR THE MARINE WHO LEFT NO DEED UNDONE
THE
FIRST OLYMPIC HEROES WON OLIVE WREATHS
HIS
SILVER WREATH FROM THE KING AND QUEEN OF
THE
SEVENTH CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS BORN IN
LEARNED
PLAYING THE GAME RIGHT WAS THE WAY TO WIN
HE
HIT MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHING AT FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE
THEN
WENT ON TO GLORY ON THE SPORTS PAGE
THIS
HALL OF FAMER SCRAMBLED FORTY YARDS FROM THE POCKET
HE
THREW
THOUGH
HE LOOKED AND PLAYED LIKE A GREEK GOD
THIS
FLESH AND BLOOD HERO WAS ONE WITH THE LORD
HE
GAVE TO THE POOR AND CHURCH, GIFTS HE RECEIVED
HARRY
LIVED THE GOLDEN RULE, AS HE BELIEVED
HIS
SMILE WARM AND BRIGHT LIKE SUNSHINE IN JULY
WHY
AT TWENTY-SIX DID THIS RED SOX STAR DIE?
THE
NFL PLAYED GAMES IN HONOR OF HIS NAME
ALL
FOR A MAN WHO NEVER PLAYED A PRO GAME
HE
PLANNED TO PLAY FOR THE SOX AND THE N-F-L
WHAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONLY GOD CAN TELL
THIS
HERO OF THE HEART WAS LIKE NO OTHER
HIS
LAST WORDS: WERE “TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER”
IN
THE PANTHEON OF SPORTS, THE GOLDEN GREEK REIGNS
HIS
MEM’RY GLOWING LIKE THE OLYMPIC FLAME
Written by Joe Pickering, Jr.
C
2000
Joe
Pickering, Jr., President
King
of the Road Music
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