In the distant past through time & space it flew,
It streaked across the universe & landed in Peru,
It bounced on Easter Island, Sunk the Isle of Mu,
Rolled across Atlantis, Bounced in Katmandu,
Sumerians had buried it somewhere near Babylon,
The Romans dug it up one day & used it for a john,
Pythagaras had studied it with magi & with sages,
It disappeared from time to time in history's dark pages,
The king is dead, Long live the king,
True Facts of the unknown,
The king is dead, Long live the king,
He died upon his throne,
Venetian merchants sold it to Mongols in Cathay
Franciscan monks denounced it as they threw it in the bay,
A Russian Trawler snagged it en route to Paris, France,
J. Edgar Hoover stole it & hid it in his pants,
He presented it to Nixon who recorded it on tape,
He delivered it to Elvis, who sewed it to his cape,
The coroner in Vegas was completely mystified,
Elvis Presley ate it and that was how he died,
The king is dead, Long live the king,
True Facts of the unknown,
The king is dead, Long live the king,
He died upon his throne,
copyright 2001 Ben New
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