From December 19, 1955 to December 19, 2015, and for the happy miles ahead, I've given my marching uniform a new name-tag:
THE WIZARD OF HA’S
It’s my 60th birthday,
it’s the great big TA-DAH,
So I trumpet my new title: The
Wizard of Ha!
Schooled by the brightest: one
Ollie, one Stan,
I emerge at this milestone: a
fairly funny man.
Chaplin and Keaton and Groucho
agree,
Tossing me their top’t title, Mr. T
Hee.
So crowned, I march forward, into
the new mile,
Reflecting the laugh-lines of the
Master’s glad smile.
And what a grand calling, such a
noble employ,
Painting the world for a child’s
bright joy.
From Ringo to Bongo, to Captain,
then McBly,
To the song of the sunrise, to a
waltz in the sky,
To the final performance in the One
King’s applause,
Until then, at your service, I'm the Wizard of Ha's!
