I'll Always Love You
"I'll Always Love You"...song by Taylor Dayne,
a top hit back in nineteen-eighty-eight,
reminded me how thirty years before,
in 'fifty-eight, "you won my heart and soul".
"You are the one that I'd been searching for,"
"I'll always love you till the end of time."
And here we are, two-thousand and eighteen,
together sixty years... "you are the one".
Sandra M. Haight
Phrases in italics are from the song,
"I'll Always Love You"
#20 on Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1988
How I recall the day we saw
The running of the train
A booming voice filled all the earth
"Behold the great Ron Dayne!"
As did their forebears once of old
The enemy contain
So did these Spartans hope to hold
The thundering Ron Dayne
Could this ferocious force be checked?
The answer quickly came
For the first four plays alone did yield
Seventy-four yards to Dayne
Alas, State gave their best defense
Yet their efforts were in vain
Two hundred fourteen rushing yards
Amassed by mighty Dayne
"Thank you Son", said my ol' Dad,
"For our time at this game"
And I will treasure evermore
The day we saw Ron Dayne
Sept. 3, 2016
Commemorating Michigan St. vs. Wisconsin - Oct. 23, 1999
Final: Wisconsin 40, Michigan St. 10