America has Longfellow and Whittier and Poe <br />And Frost, Lowell, Bryant and Whitman their legend grow and grow <br />But the Voice of America to none of these belong <br />That title belong to one more lyrical one who was a prince of song. <br /> <br />Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home and the unforgettable Old Black Joe <br />His songs as popular today as they were decades ago <br />My Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair and Hard Times Come Again No More <br />Are sung in halls and pubs and clubs far from his Homeland shore. <br /> <br />The legacy of his genius lives in the beauty he did create <br />The name of Stephen Foster is a name to celebrate <br />His songs withstand the test of time the greatest test of all <br />The many memorable songs he penned are delightful to recall. <br /> <br />America can boast of many great poets their's is a Worldwide fame <br />But the one who penned the legendary songs Stephen Foster was his name <br />Is the Voice of America he did not live to be old <br />He died young and impoverished or so we have been told.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-voice-of-america/
