HYMAN SOLOWAY

RICHES TO RAGS TO RICHES , HYMAN SOLOWAY,
HIS FAMILY MADE MONEY IN UKRAINE.
THE COMMUNIST SCOURGE , LOSING IT ALL,
OFF TO CANADA , THE UNDERGROUND TRAIN.
SELLING FRUIT , DOOR TO DOOR,
THE SOLOWAY BROTHERS MADE THE RENT.
IN 1936 , A DEGREE FROM QUEEN'S,
OSGOODE HALL , THE LAWYER , EVERY CENT.
ESTABLISHING HIS LAW FIRM , IN OTTAWA,
JOHN MIRSKY , A PARTNER , A FRIEND.
MAURICE WRIGHT , A LABOUR LAWYER,
SOLOWAY , WRIGHT , THE MONEY YOU SPEND.
OTTAWA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY , THEIR CHAMPION,
IN 1979 , MAN OF THE YEAR B'NAI BRITH.
A SHREWD INVESTOR , LAND AND CABLE TV,
HYMAN SOLOWAY , THE LEGEND , THE MYTH.
THE CIVIC HOSPITAL , CARLETON UNIVERSITY,
HYMAN SOLOWAY LEAD THE WAY.
ON THE BOARD , THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA,
IF YOU STAY YOU HAVE TO PAY.
SOLOWAY , WRIGHT , THE LEGAL FIRM,
THE DIFFERENCE A LAWYER CAN MAKE.
RAGS TO RICHES , THE SCALES OF JUSTICE,
HYMAN SOLOWAY , THE REAL , THE FAKE.
DEEPLY RELIGIOUS , A SPIRITUAL MAN,
HYMAN SOLOWAY FOUND STRENGHT IN CREED.
WALKING MILES EVERY NIGHT,
HIS NIGHTLY STROLL , THE INSPIRATION IT'S SEED.
ACTIVE ALL HIS LIFE , TRULY BLESSED,
SOLOWAY WRIGHT , THE WHEEL , THE SPOKE.
GETTING IT DONE AT WALKING SPEED,
A BRISK PACE , THE STRIDE , THE STROKE.

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