lullaby

by horace p sternwall

albert einstein was number one billy the kid wore his hair in a bun christopher columbus took a fork in the road daniel boone carried a heavy load erasmus had an orange cat flaubertt was not impressed by that george washington cut down the cherry tree homer was a guy like you and me isaac newton looked up at the sky jesse james robbed the mail in the sweet bye and bye king richard freed the holy land little david took a powerful stand machiavelli had a pet white mouse nostradamus lived in a little house omar khayyam was a merry old soul peter the great made you pay a toll the queen of sheba lay in bed all day robin hood did things his own way sherman marched through georgia in a flash tom edison always paid in cash ulysses s grant was partial to drink queen victoria never wore pink woodrow wilson was a careful man except when he had a master plan you may think that all these heroes add up to mot much more than zero all their deeds are written in the sand on the road that leads to the promised land