SO LONG, BLUE ANGEL!

 
Have you ever met an angel?
I think I know one or two.
But probably the one I'll remember the best
Was a friend to both me and you.
 
"Blue Angel" was his C.B. handle,
Or "Granny Angel", on his lighter nights.
His humor and fantastic personality
Stopped a good many 'ol C.B. fights!
 
He knew just when to key that mike
And definitely just what to say.
Well, his job is finally over now,
He's left us, to collect his pay.
 
"Blue Angel" was the handle I heard
When I first began to 'C.B.'...
He keyed up and that's when I heard,
"Hey Papa Joe, come back to me"!
 
Well, we talked a lot that very first night,
Hearing him made our base worth the money.
He'd call us many nights from his home,
Or come booming in from his 'work-20'!
 
He saw us through a crisis or two
In those days since we first met.
The Angel, I think was a friend to us all,
And now the gabbiest in Heaven, you can bet!
 
I can see it now, the Lord talking to him:
"Come-on Orville, there’re things you'll want to see."
And Orville may say, "I'll be right there Lord...
'Soon as I get my break on 'ol Four-Three!"
 
                                11-10-81

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