Hail to the Graduate

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Hail to the graduate!
Looking great and feeling fit!
Oh, so proud and full of it!
This day belongs to you.

You've been a lovely friend and brother.
In fact, I wouldn't have another.
In fact, I can't--just ask our mother.
But better? There are few.

So go along and have some fun,
Learn some new things on the run,
And should you meet some special one,
Keep me in your heart, too.

Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.

Video Music: Entrance to the Queen of Sheba. By George Frideric Handel.
Performed by The Advent Chamber Orchestra at the Free Music Archive
under an Attribution-Share Alike license.

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