Thursday, February 13, 2014

Bill Dana's first draft of his tribute to the immortal Sid Caesar


BILL DANA  SHOUTS OUT   
A TRIBUTE TO THE ONE AND ONLY,
 LET'S HEAR IT FOR

SID CAESAR

WILL ROGERS AND CHAPLIN
WILL FIND HIM A PLACE
AT THE TABLE OF CLOWNS
AND SID WILL SAY GRACE
IN MANY STRANGE TONGUES
AND ALL WILL GUFFAW
THE GREATEST OF GREATS
HOLD OUR SID IN AWE
THERE ARE NO GOODBYES
FOR SID WILL NOT LEAVE
HE'LL FILL US WITH LAUGHS
WITH MORE UP HIS SLEEVE
HIS ANTICS WITH HALO
WHICH HE'LL MAKE A HOOP
AND THERE WILL HE SIT
THE HEAD OF THE GROUP
OF OTHER IMMORTALS
WHO'LL BE HOLDING THEIR SIDES
IN HEAVEN FOR CLOWNS
WHERE SID NOW RESIDES.

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