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7/26/2015 3:37:09 PM
Mary Rotman
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The Call of the Alpha MaleRobin Hood, man in tightsJulius Caesar, might makes rightAlexander, called "the Great"Sitting Bull, righteous hateRobert the Bruce, Attila the HunCharlemagne, NapoleonHear the call of the alpha male!Warriors leave a bloody trail.George Washington, man on the spotJFK and CamelotThomas Jefferson, renaissance manAbe Lincoln took a standRonald Reagan, Richard IIIHenry VIII, Harry ByrdHear the call of the alpha male!In politics it's all for sale.Hemingway, Shakespeare, Kant, and PlatoChaucer, Shelley, Cicero, CatoVoltaire, Dickens, Rene DescartesByron, Lawrence, Jean-Paul SartreHear the call of the alpha male!Some prefer to write the tale.Wolfgang Mozart, dead so youngLeonard Bernstein's song is sungPicasso, art you love to hateLudwig Beethoven, voice of FateBach, Lennon, and ShostakovichMonet, Manet, Buddy RichHear the call of the alpha male!Art and music fill some sails.Joe Montana, football starMichael Jordan raised the barWayne Gretzsky, Hall of FameJesse Owens changed the gameRockne, Ruth, Gehrig, OrrChamberlain, Beckham, Man O' WarHear the call of the alpha male!Athletic prowess up for sale.Tyrone Power, Harrison FordJohn Glenn, Sir Thomas MoreEdmund Hillary, John DonneAlbert Einstein, Brigham YoungJames Dean, Alvin YorkMargaret Thatcher, Robert BorkAudie Murphy, Mohandas GandhiChris Columbus, Walter RaleghHear the call of the alpha male!Now it's time to end this tale.Woe to she who hears his cry,Destined, like as not, to die;For alpha males blaze bright and sweet,But she-moths burn inside their heat.
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