John Masefield

He was a former Poet Laureate born with the gift of rhyme And his books were all best sellers to his work he gave his time He wrote long poems, he wrote short poems, he wrote verse plays, he wrote song And from his pen the rhymes came flowing and his verses raced along. Reynard The Fox and Dauber and The Widow In The Bye Street The Daffodil Fields and Right Royal the horse the best could not beat Lollingdon Downs and Rosas, King Cole and the Everlasting Mercy From the pen of the Poet Laureate of the twentieth century. John Masefield as a young man sailed the Atlantic sea And for awhile in New York he lived in poverty And Tom O Connor helped him out he gave him the job start And Masefield wrote a poem for him a poem right from the heart. He came back home to England and became a household name And The Saltwater Ballads his first big break to fame To be followed by his longer poems he became the Peoples poet And the common people read his verses and they loved the poems he wrote.