Hollywood Bureau
Three cheers for gruff Charles McGraw
Gravel-voiced and granite of jaw
He’s equally thrillin’
As hero or villain
At home on both sides of the law
"Narrow Margin": McGraw's on a train
His mission, some might think insane;
Moll witness protection,
Evading detection
From mobsters' guns, aimed at her brain
In "The Threat", Chuck's a bad one, quite raw
A cool glacier of crime that won't thaw
If you tangle with "Red"
You will soon end up dead
Then he'll give with a raspy guffaw
A guy with an always lit fuse
ReplyDeleteJust cross him and you'd sing the blues
Face tougher than tough
And voice just as gruff
McGraw was a hard guy to lose
Charlie wrote poetry while he idled away many hours in saloons.
ReplyDeleteHe would have appreciated this limerick.
Alan K. Rode