Mr. Ed, in his younger years,/
Was the envy of equine peers../
He ruled like a King/
in the center ring/
And he always elicited cheers…///
Unlike the poor slobs at the track/
Who are risking a heart attack/
Ed’s casual canter/
Left him leisure to banter/
With that couple of schmucks on his back..///
Ed acquired conversational skills/
Whilst performing those tedious drills/
Which the circus demands, /
And a horse understands/
Are the way that a guy pays his bills..///
But time, as it does to us all/
Holds even the greatest in thrall../
In the midst of the show/
One rider let go – /
And Ed took the blame for the fall///
Ed was certain that he was now doomed:/
His career never would be resumed../
There’s only one course/
For an elderly horse:/
For poor Ed, the glue factory loomed !///
Ed was certain that hope was gone/
But it’s darkest just before dawn/
A producer had heard/
Ed utter a word/
From the circus old Ed was withdrawn !///
Although he was “merely” equine/
Turns out Ed had a way with a line/
Once again he’s a star/
(From that factory far ! )
And everything turned out just fine.
(There ARE second acts in American lives! Fitzgerald was wrong!)
Mr. Ed, in his younger years,/
Was the envy of equine peers../
He ruled like a King/
in the center ring/
And he always elicited cheers…///
Unlike the poor slobs at the track/
Who are risking a heart attack/
Ed’s casual canter/
Left him leisure to banter/
With that couple of schmucks on his back..///
Ed acquired conversational skills/
Whilst performing those tedious drills/
Which the circus demands, /
And a horse understands/
Are the way that a guy pays his bills..///
But time, as it does to us all/
Holds even the greatest in thrall../
In the midst of the show/
One rider let go – /
And Ed took the blame for the fall///
Ed was certain that he was now doomed:/
His career never would be resumed../
There’s only one course/
For an elderly horse:/
For poor Ed, the glue factory loomed !///
Ed was certain that hope was gone/
But it’s darkest just before dawn/
A producer had heard/
Ed utter a word/
From the circus old Ed was withdrawn !///
Although he was “merely” equine/
Turns out Ed had a way with a line/
Once again he’s a star/
(From that factory far ! )
And everything turned out just fine.
(There ARE second acts in American lives! Fitzgerald was wrong!)