and it came to that
the hat was hunted on shore in stores
the hat was hunted in and out of doors
in street
in stalls
and inside closed and darken malls
the hat was hunted high and low
the hat was hunted fast and slow
the hat was wanted way up north
hunted on foot and hunted by mouth
the hat was hunted by a nephew
for an uncles vaunted dome
a uncle who doesn't often
leave his home
a hat to rest upon his broad and weighty dome
the hat was hunted overseas
it rested on heads, it sheltered fleas.
it traveled out east it traveled down south
it covered a lovers maturer mouth
it was wanted on a mountain
in penns woods
it would rest upon and uncles good natured shoulds
he called and requested
from west to east
he called and requested
from north to south
he said it with Dads' mouth he said it out loud.
he told me he asked for one like this before
he told do not get him the baseball kind'
that's really not the kind on his mind
he wanted tradition he's that kind of guy
he wanted tradition a hat you know why
he wanted a traditional irish hat he wanted it sloped
and he wanted it flat
save the package
they come stamped
save the package
they stay dry they get swamped
they can travel
far and wide
carried by brim and carried by tide
traveled the continent far and wide!
they carried it north they carried it west
it went on a journey it went for a test
can ups do its best even when young ricky threats
did you write it messy
did you smudge and smear
wasn't it sacred wasn't it dear
flying faraway frying on the ground
with military precision with military grace
then sent it off by train
they sent it way out west
the hat went to Seattle
it went through DesMoines
they marveled at its elegance
they wondered how broad a brow
would wave this high and take a bow
we will know soon' it will come yet
cause we sent the tracers
we sent the call
we followed it to jacksonville
gee was such a thrill
then we went to scranton
sat up on a hill
from there it left for chi-town
it was headed for the coast
often then consider what plans were in this hat
it headed for seattle it knew definitely that
it was a matter far from settled
it went to redmond all the way
they thought it might be Billy's
they said he owns it all
they sent it to the mansion to hang it on the wall
they took it to the mansion gate
the hat went in and took a seat
the thermometer dropped
and the jazz got low
it knew how to make a hat at home
it scratched itself and paused to stretch
and shook itself into a twitch
and walked itself right out the door
while the rug was still uploading the floor
it went by van it went by truck
it went every way but out of luck
at noon it made the redmond office
some might scoff and say unlawful
I merely say a kind of
often yes, it loaded up,
be scanned and stacked
a kind of load
who really hadn't chose the road
it went by car it went by train at times
it even went by plane, even in fog, even in rain
it traveled east it traveled west
it shook the route was traveled less
running by day and resting at night
the roads and byways, hurtling by
a motherless calf, a fatherless fly
from stem to brim a luxurious blest
bouncing on roadways, tumbles with the rest
journey of a three day ride
pausing to take another journey aside
pausing for the passion
the tracking number should you be in need of slumber
or would you need some lumber
one-zee-four-five-six-eeee-seven-zero-zero-three-zero-zero-zero-four-six-five-seven-four
trying to rhyme a number like that,
would wear me out in nothing flat
I don't know why, the hat went by
I' don't know why the time must fly
why clam breathe when the seas go high
or sandy sumter, stammer cry
over rocky tiny stonewall lined roads
and sometimes, hats across the atlantic go
on dark brown trucks sometimes mushes toads
in dark brown trucks they took him west
I guess the roods of hats, know best
but for a hat that traveled round
I know it found a noble crown!
told in anticipation of the arrival
of a well traveled hat
to a well traveled brow |