BUCK O’NEIL

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JOHN BUCK O’NEIL LET’S REVIEW A BIO OF YOU

YOU SERVED YOUR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR TWO

YOU WERE BARRED FROM BASEBALL BECAUSE OF YOUR SKIN

A HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY REFUSED TO LET YOU IN

YOU LEFT THE CELERY FIELDS TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAM

FOUND FRIENDSHIP ON MANY A BLACK BASEBALL TEAM

BUCK LEONARD SAID YOU WERE ONE OF THE BEST HE SAW

YOUR OLD FRIEND DIDN’T THINK YOU HAD A SINGLE FLAW

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BUCK O’NEIL AMERICA’S IN YOUR CORNER

YOU WON ITS HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR

REGGIE JACKSON IS RIGHT YOU’RE A BLESSING TO US ALL

EVEN, HEAVEN’S MAD YOU DIDN’T MAKE THE HALL

BUCK 0’NEIL

YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT CAN’T BE BOUGHT

YOU PLAYED AND MANAGED HALL OF FAMERS! YOU TAUGHT

THE GOLDEN RULE TO ANYONE YOU MET IN YOUR LIFE

WITH MUCH HELP FROM ORA LEE YOUR LOVING WIFE

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THOUGH YOU DIDN’T MIND IT SURELY WAS A SHAME

BECAUSE BUCK YOU PLAYED HEAVENLY IN LIFE’S GAME

YOU SMILED AT HATRED AND TOUGHED IT OUT WITH LOVE

MANY AN ANGEL’S SCOUTED YOU FROM ABOVE

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THIS TIME YOU’VE BEEN CALLED UP RIGHT ON TIME

I SURE NEED A WITTY TAKE CHARGE GUY NOT A MIME

I’M NAMING YOU PLAYER/COACH ON MY ALL STAR SQUAD

WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES BUCK! I’M THE LORD!!

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REPEAT LAST TWO LINES IN LAST VERSE

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Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road Music Publisher and Copyright owner