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 Here's a brand new poem for the Spring!
Enjoy....
" LITTLE JIM"
by Marvin Rainwater
LITTLE JIM PLAYED CENTERFIELD
AND EVERYBODY KNEW
THAT LITTLE JIM COULD SWING A BAT
AND BRING THE RUNS IN TOO
YOU COULD NEVER FIND A SEAT
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME
IF WORD GOT OUT THAT LITTLE JIM
WAS PLAYING IN A GAME
IT'S HARD TO TELL WHAT DRAWS A CROWD
OR WHAT WILL PLEASE THEIR WHIM
BUT YOU WOULD ALWAYS FIND A MOB
WHERE YOU FOUND LITTLE JIM
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THE CROWD FORGOT
THAT THEY WERE ON A BLEACHER
FOLKS WOULD PUT THEIR FAITH IN HIM
THE WAY YOU WOULD A PREACHER
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE WILL TO WIN
THE GAME THAT GAVE HIM FLAIR
IT MAY HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THEY KNEW
HE PLAYED IT FAIR AND SQUARE
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT TOOK PLACE
WHEN WORD HAD GOT AROUND
THAT FEVER STRUCK THEIR PRIDE AND JOY
AND LITTLE JIM WAS DOWN?
EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT
THEIR LIPS WOULD BREATHE HIS NAME
'TIL FINALLY LITTLE JIM WAS BACK
TO PLAY HIS FINAL GAME
LITTLE JIM COULD SAVE THE DAY
HE SWUNG WITH ALL HE OWNED
HE STUMBLED AS HE ROUNDED THIRD
AND HEADED IN FOR HOME
WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT CLOUD OF DUST
IS KIND OF HARD TO SAY
BUT I'M GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE
TO MAKE THE CALL THAT DAY
THE CROWD WAS ALMOST ON THE FIELD
AND THERE WAS LITTLE DOUBT
THE WAY THEY FELT ABOUT THE UMP
WHEN HE CALLED JIMMY OUT!
IT TOOK AN AWFUL HONEST MAN
TO FACE THAT FRIGHTFUL ROAR
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT LITTLE JIM
WOULD PLAY THE GAME NO MORE
THE THING BETWEEN THE UMPIRE AND
A LYNCHING MOB THAT DAY
WAS KNOWING THAT THEIR LITTLE JIM
WOULD'AVE WANTED IT THAT WAY
AND SO DEAR FRIENDS WHENEVER YOU
THINK LIFE HAS DONE YOU BAD
REMEMBER THAT OLD MEAN UMPIRE
WAS LITTLE JIMMY'S.........DAD!
Copyright 2002
By Marvin Rainwater
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Marvin Rainwater......Country Music Legend
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