A Rose By Any Other

What's in a name, you say Is a rose still a rose by any other And isn't 'Mom' a lot more loving Than calling her 'Mother' A name is an occupation, a means to a living There's Taylor and Saylor, though never a Jailor There's Carpenter, Brickman and even Ferdman* Stockman and Lockman -- but as yet no Nerdman A name's an ideal, a wish for Biblical greatness There's Moses and Aaron, David and Saul Esther and Mordecai, Jesus and Peter and Paul There's Jacob's son Joseph, his technicolor coat All the rest of his sons ~ Abraham, Martin and John** Let us come full circle and return to our Rose There are flowers like Camelia and Amelia Bedelia*** There's Dahlia and Zinnia, Blossom and Bluebell Jasmine, Yasmina, Violet, Daisy, Hazel and Surapon**** Though all of these names are so pretty, so nice My two favorite names are 'Sugar and Spice' ____________________________________________________ * 'Ferdman' means 'Horse Man' ** 'Abraham, Martin and John' was the name of a Top-10 pop hit, recorded by Dion DiMucci in 1968 *** Amelia Bedelia is the slightly wacky heroine of a children's book series ****Surapon sneaked in here because I needed a rhyme. The name has nothing to do with a flower. It is a male name. I know a Surapon who is an ESL student from Thailand at the University of the Potomac. His name means 'brave warrior,' (I think)... Oh, well. What's in a name?...