ROYAL BLUE WITH A YANKEE HEART

WE BURY THE BEST AT AN EARLY AGE,
DICK HOWSER WAS AS ROYAL AS ANY KING.
HIS MAJESTY WAS WELCOMED ON ANY TEAM,
HIS QUALITY SHONE LIKE HIS WORLD SERIES RING.
NEVER-SAY-DIE WAS A METTLE OF THIS MAN,
DICK PLAYED ALL OUT FOR TWENTY-SEVEN.
IN BRONX PINSTRIPES OR ROYAL'S BLUE,
HOWSER WILL CLEAN UP, UP IN HEAVEN.
DICK EKCELLED IN THE INFIELD WITH HIS GLOVE,
THE ROYALS ALWAYS MADE THE DOUBLE PLAY.
TEACHING THE YOUNG AND INSPIRING THE VETS,
HOWSER WAS THE BEST ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
IN THE FAST LANE, DICK HAD THE SPEED,
TO MAKE IT FROM FIRST TO THIRD.
THOSE THAT KNOW DICK, FEEL A GREAT LOSS,
DICK DESERVES THE POETIC WORD.

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